NOTE: Found on the internet, a website in Denmark [.dk], regarding this family:
< http://www.dyrstad.ougtvig.dk/ >. Instructions: click on "Bente's aner", then click on the letter "J" in the line titled "Efternavne," then on "Jensdatter," then on Ane Kirstine (1832-1893), this brings up the family of Niels Sorensen Fischer and Ane Kirstine Jensdatter, follow the links to other individuals.FISCHER Sophie Nielsdatter
Birth : 21 October 1852 in Overby As Bjerre
Baptism : 24 October 1852 in As Sogn hjemmedøbt
Gudmor: pigen Maren Lausdatter i Sønderby
pigen Ane Marie Sørensdatter
husm. Rasmus Nielsen Aastrup Kiær
Røgte Jens Sørensen Dige paa Ringholm
ungk. Jørgen Hansen, Do. (samme) Søren Hansen
begge i Overbykilde: As sogn kirkebog
Death :
Father : FISCHER Niels Sørensen ( 1818 - 1885 )
Mother : JENSDATTER Ane Kirstine ( 1832 - 1893 )
Union : CHRISTENSEN Lauritz Christen ( 1848 - ? )
Marriage : 20 April 1878 in Overby As BjerreChildren :
CHRISTENSEN Ane Sophie ( 1875 - ? )
CHRISTENSEN Christen J ( 1879 - ? )
CHRISTENSEN Ane Sophie ( 1882 - ? )
CHRISTENSEN Carrie ( 1888 - ? )
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NOTE: Conflicting information: Birthdate of Lauritz, marriage date, child Ane Sophie 1875, child Ane Sophie 1882.
NOTE: gudmor=godmother or sponsor, pigen=girl, husm/husmand=small holder, rogte=[unknown translation], ungk=bachelor, begge=both?, kilde=source, kirkebog=parish register
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTE: There is a different person's website in Denmark about this same family at the following website:
< http://fredenslyst.dk/GEDHTanc/fam067xx/fam06761.htm >.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTE: The above website lists a child of Lauritz Christensen and Sophie Nielsen named Ane Sophie born 1875. The birth/baptism records of As sogn, Bjerre herred, Vejle amt where the parents were married was checked for this person's birth, but none was found. She was also searched for in Horsens sogn, Nim herred, Skanderborg where the first known child, Christen, was born, but she was not found there either. It is not known whether there was such a child born to this couple or not.
BIRTH: Letter; 1936; Letter written by Lauritz Christensen to his daughter, Carrie Christensen O'Brien; 30 Nov 1936; Photocopy in the possession of Patricia O'Brien Hellmers;
NOTE: This letter from Lauritz Christensen to Carrie Christensen O'Brien [his daughter], lists Carrie's mother's birthdate as 21 Oct 1852, Village of Overbye, Assens Sogn, Bjerge [Bjerre] Herred, Veile [Vejle] Amt, Denmark, Europe. He stated she was named Sophie Nielsen, the daughter of Niels Sorensen Fischer and Ane Kirstine Jensdatter.
LETTER: O-LET-0025BIRTH-BAPTISM: E-mail message dated 3 Jan 2002, from Carsten Pedersen, regarding church records of As Church, Overbye, Denmark:
NOTE: Sophie Nielsdatter (the daughter of Niels), born 21 Oct 1852, bapt 24 Oct 1852 at home, bapt announced in As Church 26 Dec 1852, parents Husmand (owner of a little house) og Hjulmand (man who makes wooden wheels) Niels Sorensen Fischer og hustru (wife) Ane Kirstine Jensdatter (the daughter of Jens) in Obergye.
COMPILED: O-COM-0085 & O-COM-0088BAPTISM: Church baptism; 1815-1854; Church records from As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark; born 21 Oct 1852, baptized 24 Oct 1852, pg 85, #9; FHL microfilm #0053391;
NOTE: Sophie Nielsdatter, born 21 Oct 1852, home baptism 24 Oct 1852, born Overby, parents Niels Sørensen Fischer and Ane Kirstine Jensdatter. [Contains other information in Danish.]
!NOTE: This record found at a website in Denmark that has online church records. The website address is:
< http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark, image 77, pg 85, #9.
COMPILED: O-COM-0085aCONFIRMATION: Church confirmation; 1853-1879; Church records from As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark; born 21 Oct 1852, confirmed Easter 1867 [21 Apr 1867], pg 134, #5; FHL microfilm #0053392;
NOTE: Sophie Nielsdatter in Overby, born 21 Oct 1852 in Overby, confirmed Easter 1867 [21 Apr 1867], in As, father Niels Sørensen (Fisker). [Contains other information in Danish.]
!NOTE: This record found at a website in Denmark that has online church records. The website address is:
< http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark, image 108, pg 134, #5.
COMPILED: O-COM-0085jMARRIAGE: Church marriage; 1853-1879; Church records from As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark; married 11 May 1878, pg 161, #1; FHL microfilm #0053392;
NOTE: Husmand [small farmer] Laurs Christensen, Landpost [postman] in Horsens, age 25-1/4, son of Christen Laursen in Stobberup, Løsning Sogn to Sofie Nielsen age 25-1/2, in Overby, daughter of Niels Sørensen Fisker, married 11 May 1878, in the church in As, witnesses Brudens Fader [the bride's father] og Høker [and shopkeeper] Jens Sørensen Fisker in Horsens.
!NOTE: This record found at a website in Denmark that has online church records. The website address is:
< http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark, image 131, pg 161, #1.
NOTE: This marriage not found at FamilySearch.org, International Genealogical Index (IGI):
< http://www.familysearch.org/ > as of 7/2006.
COMPILED: O-COM-0087t
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------EMIGRATION [leaving a country]:
NOTE: Sophie's husband, Lauritz Christensen, emigrated to the US in 1880, see his notes. According to Anne (Christensen) DeWitt, his wife Sophie and son Chris came to the US in 1881. The Danish Emigration Archives, was searched for Sophie and Chris, but they were not found. There are 53 entries for Sophie Nielsen. There are no entries for Sophie Fischer. There are 36 entries for Sophie Christensen. There are 950 entries for Chris (and various extensions of Chris) Christensen, none seemed possible for him. There are 911 entries for Kristensen, two named Sophie, no match. Since Chris was born in Horsens, it is assumed that they were living there before they immigrated, but this is not known for sure. The website of the Danish Emigration Archives is: < http://www.emiarch.dk/home.php3?l=en >. The database for Vejle registrations, Emigration records from Vejle 1879-1887, was also checked and Sophie and Chris were not found.IMMIGRATION: She was not found at Ancestry.com on 2/28/05, by using a 14-day trial subscription to their online Immigration records, including a database called "New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891. Her son, Chris, was also searched for and not found. Of course, it would be helpful to know the name of the ship. More information is needed to find them in this database.
IMMIGRATION: [entering a country]
NOTE: The Ellis Island immigration online records do not begin until about 1892. Therefore, she would not be listed in these records.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FAMILY: In a letter dated 26 Feb 1974 to Patricia Hellmers from Anne Christensen DeWitt, she stated the following: There were many of Sophia's brothers and sisters here. They were good friends of the family when I was a child and I called them Uncles and Aunts.
COMPILED: O-COM-0090FAMILY: In a letter to Patricia Hellmers from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 23 Apr 1974, she stated the following: As to Sophia's sisters, one was Fischer and lived on our street when I was a kid. They had two older girls and married and lived close. They were always so good to me, taking me everywhere and when my mother was in the hospital I stayed with them. Another sister was a Jensen and lived in Harlan, Iowa. I spent some of my vacations there. They had a married daughter who had two girls around my age. Then there was a Trine (last name?) who lived in Chadron, Nebr after Howard and I moved to Hay Springs. We visited her a few times (she was in her 90's). I know of no brothers and I know of none of the members of the family now.
NOTE: It is unknown what sister of Sophie was referred to as Trine, as of 7/2006.
COMPILED: O-COM-0090FAMILY: In an email dated 31 Aug 2006 from Lois Roark < lroark@oz.net >, she included scanned images of letters from two Nielsen daughters giving their permission for their mother to live in a house or on certain land following the death of their father. The two daughters were Sophie (Nielsen) Christensen and Mette Cathrine "Trine" (Nielsen) Michaelsen. Sophie's letter stated:
NOTE: To Niels Sørrensen Fischer's widow in Overby, Bjerre Herred [district] Danmark
We the below signing Lauritz Christensen and wife hereby give you our permission, that you can stay in the undivided estate. Omaha Nebraska, North America the 20th of July 1886. Lauritz Christensen and wife
Sophie Christensen.
NOTE: A copy of the scanned image and a transcription and translation are saved in the Christensen computer folder.CHURCH: Per an email dated 2 Aug 2006 from Joel Thoreson of ELCA < Joel.Thoreson@elca.org > he gave the following information about Lutheran Churches in Omaha, NE:
Hello Ms. Hellmers,
According to the history "Seventy-Fifth Anniversary, Our Savior's Lutheran, 1875-1950, Omaha, Neb." the Our Savior Lutheran at 30th and Izard St. was reorganized in 1881 after an earlier start in 1875. Originally
a member of the Norwegian-Danish Conference, the congregation incorporated as the Norwegian equivalent of Our Savior's Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Omaha. In 1886 it transferred to the Norwegian Synod. In 1898 relocated from 26th St. between Hamilton and Caldwell Streets to a new facility at 26th and Hamilton. In 1921 it moved to Oregon Trail and Lincoln Boulevard, which also apparently was the same as 30th and Izard St. That facility was expanded in 1957. The congregation dissolved in 1972, but the members were invited to be the core of a new mission congregation at 105th and Fort Sts., while the building was turned over to the Division of American Missions of The American Lutheran Church. We have possession of Our Savior's records, as well as microfilm copies with ministerial records from 1881-1918 available on film #166 and 1945-1972 on #799.Lord of Love was the mission congregation at 105th and Fort, organized in 1972. It is active and should have its records.
Shepherd of the Hills was founded as Our Savior's Danish Lutheran Church in 1874 by the Norwegian-Danish Conference, but may have also been known as the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Omaha. The congregation was located at 18th and St. Mary's Ave. It later transferred its membership to the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church. The 1953 All-Lutheran directory lists it as 819 S. 19th St. Around 1961 the congregation relocated to 819 S. 22nd St. and changed its name to Central. In 1964, it relocated again to 6201 N 60th St. and changed its name to Shepherd of the Hills. The congregation should have possession of all record books.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Sincerely,
Joel Thoreson
Chief Archivist for Management, Reference, and Technology
Archives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
321 Bonnie Lane
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
(847) 690-9410
Fax: (847) 690-9502
Email: Joel.Thoreson@elca.org
Web page: http://www.elca.org/archivesDEATH: Civil death record; 1902; Omaha-Douglas County Health Department, Division of Vital Statistics, Omaha NE; RG 230, #3 [microfilm references], pg 33A & B; Omaha-Douglas County Health Department, Division of Vital Statistics, Omaha NE;
NOTE: Omaha-Douglas County Health Department, Division of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death, Federal Security Agency, United States Public Health Service, Sophia Christensen, died Douglas County, City of Omaha, at 1469 Phelps, female, white, married, age 49 years, 2 months, 15 days, birthplace Denmark, housewife, [information on parents blank], burial 1-9-1902, Laurel Hill, residence of deceased Nebraska, Douglas County, Omaha, 1469 Phelps, date of death January 6, 1902, cause of death asthma, signed by Lucke (MD or other).
NOTE: This Certified Copy of Death obtained 5 Jul 1973.
DEATH: O-CVD-0006DEATH: Church death Sophie Christensen; 1902; Vor Frelsers Dansk Evangelisk Luthersk Kirke (Our Saviors Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church), renamed about 1964 to Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Omaha, NE; buried 9 Jan 1902, Bk xx, pg 122; Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Omaha, NE;
NOTE: Sophie Christensen, 49 years, Oak Hill [address], Omaha, buried 9 Jan 1902, buried Krkg, Syd Omaha.
NOTE: The abbreviation Krkg stands for the Danish word for cemetery which is Kirkegaard. The location is abbreviated as Syd, which is the abbreviation in Danish for South, i.e., she was buried in the Cemetery in South Omaha.
DEATH: O-CHD-0001OBITUARY: On a personal visit to the Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Douglas, NE, on 25 Mar 1982, the newspapers were checked for an obituary of Sophie Christensen from 10-12 Jan 1902, and none was found. Not many were listed and irregular pattern for location in newspaper.
BURIAL: Burial Sophie C Christensen; 1902; Laurel Hill Cemetery Burial Cards [two microfilm reels], Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Douglas, NE; buried 9 Jan 1902; Laurel Hill Cemetery Burial Cards, Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Douglas, NE;
NOTE: Burial Card #26, Sophie C Christensen, 49 years, B6 [block 6], R4 [row 4], G29 [grave 29], "Nielsen Fischer died 6 Jan 1902," [this refers to her maiden name as Sophie Nielsen Fischer].
NOTE: A personal reading of the tombstone in Sep 1982, recorded Sophie, wife of L Christensen, born 21 Oct 1852, died 6 Jan 1902, [block 6, row 4, grave 29].
NOTE: An old listing [discarded 3/2004] gave her burial as Sophie Christensen, #4212, Lot 593, 1st Addition, this has unknown source, but "sounds" like the burial cards that Mrs Helen Lentz had when she was researching the cemetery, see O-CMR-0034.
BURIAL: O-CMR-0034BURIAL: Found on the internet at < www.FindAGrave.com >:
< http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSmpid=46855850&GRid=7072760& >.
Name: Sophia C Christensen
Birth: Oct. 21, 1852
Death: Jan. 6, 1902
Cemetery: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Plot: section 6, row 4, grave 29
Record added: Jan 11 2003
By: Betty Orme
NOTE: Includes a photograph of the tombstone submitted by Norm Hellmers.NOTE: Letter dated 1 Dec 1973, from The Laurel Hill Cemetery Association, Omaha, NE, from Mrs Helen Lentz, president, stated she had a cemetery card showing Sophie Christensen, buried 1902. She required payment for more complete lookup, with fees toward restoration of cemetery. [Letter discarded 3/2004.]
NOTE: Found on the internet at website: < http://www.rootsweb.com/~nedougla/html/cemlist.htm >.
Information concerning a publication, "Laurel Hill Cemetery Records, Omaha, Nebraska, 1867-1990 (Polk St. & S. 21st)" Compiled by Margie Sobotka (1990).
Section 1: Alpha listing of name, burial location and burial date.
Section 2: Douglas Co. Death Records 1876-1886 for those buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Entries in alpha. order and include name, age, date of death, burial date, residence, occupation, place of birth, length of illness, and cause of death.
Section 3: Abstracts of obituaries from newspapers for some of those buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Arranged alphabetically. Wide range of dates. Information varies. Every name index for entire book.
NOTE: This is apparently available at the Omaha Public Library, Omaha, NE, but not online as of 2/2005.
NOTE: This birth not found at FamilySearch.org, International Genealogical Index (IGI):
< http://www.familysearch.org/ > as of 7/2006.BIRTH: Letter; 1936; Letter written by Lauritz Christensen to his daughter, Carrie Christensen O'Brien; 30 Nov 1936; in the possession of Patricia (O'Brien) Hellmers;
NOTE: This letter from Lauritz Christensen to his daughter, Carrie Christensen O'Brien, lists his birthdate as 10 Jan 1853, Village of Stobberup Skov [Stobberup Skovgård], Losning [Løsning] sogn, [Hatting herred], Veile [Vejle] amt, Denmark, Europe. He stated he was named Laurs Christensen, the son of Christen Laursen and Karen Jacobsdatter.
LETTER: O-LET-0025 (photocopy number, original with photographs) & DEATH: O-CVD-0005BIRTH-BAPTISM: Church baptism; 1699-1914; Church records from Løsning Parish [sogn], Hatting District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark; born 10 Jan 1853, baptized 14 Jan 1853, pg 39, #2; FHL microfilm #0053585;
NOTE: Laurs Christensen, born 10 Jan 1853, home baptism 14 Jan 1853, Stobberup Skov, parents Christen Laursen and Karen Jakkobsdatter, age 26. [Contains other information in Danish.]
!NOTE: This record found at a website in Denmark that has online church records. The website address is:
< http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: Løsning Parish [sogn], Hatting District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark, image 43, pg 39, #2.
COMPILED: O-COM-0087aCONFIRMATION: Church confirmation; 1699-1914; Church records from Løsning Parish [sogn], Hatting District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark; confirmed 14 Apr 1867, pg 252, #5; FHL microfilm #0053585;
NOTE: Laurs Kristensen of Stobberup, born 10 Jan 1853 in Stobberup, confirmed 14 Apr 1867, parents Kristen Laursen and Karen Jakobsdatter. [Contains other information in Danish.]
!NOTE: This record found at a website in Denmark that has online church records. The website address is:
< http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: Løsning Parish [sogn], Hatting District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark, image 173, pg 252, #5.
COMPILED: O-COM-0087j
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------EMIGRATION [leaving a country]
Found at The Danish Emigration Archives: < http://www.emiarch.dk/home.php3 >, Emigration Records From Vejle 1879-1887: < http://www.aalborg.dk/borgerportal/applikationer/udvandrer/soegpostEngelsk.asp >.Christensen, Lauritz, Stubberup [Stobberup], Løsning, 19-04-1880
ID Code: V7984A0618
Last place of residence: Stubberup [Stobberup]
Date of registration: 19-04-1880
Name: Christensen, Lauritz
Parish: Løsning
Contract No.: 33
County: Vejle
Contract litra: Mouritzen C
Residence contract: Stobberup, Løsning SognIMMIGRATION: [entering a country]
Found at Ancestry.com on 2/28/05, by using a 14-day trial subscription to their online Immigration records, including a database called "New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891. This is assumed to be Lauritz Christensen.Lamis Christensen
Arrival Date: 5 May 1880
Estimated Birth Year: 1853
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France
Destination: United States of America
Place of Origin: Denmark
Ship Name: Fresia [Frisia]
Port of Arrival: New York
Line: 40
Microfilm Roll: 425
List Number: 500NOTE: The information from the ship Manifest image online includes: Name: Christensen, Lauritz [looked like Lemis to the transcriber, but is Lauritz], Age: 27, Sex: Male, Occupation: Workman, Country of which they severally belong: Denmark, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants: United States, Died on the voyage [blank], Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage [blank].
NOTE: The following information was found on the internet about the ship listed above as Fresia [sic, spelled Frisia] at this website:
< http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsF.html >:
FRISIA / TEMERARIO / ARNO 1872
The FRISIA was built by Caird & Co, Greenock in 1872 for Hamburg America Line. She was a 3,256 gross ton ship, length 349.5ft x beam 40.2ft, straight stem, one funnel, two masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was accommodation for 90-1st, 130-2nd and 600-3rd class passengers. Laid down as the ALSATIA but was launched on 20th Mar.1872 as the FRISIA. She started her maiden voyage on 21st Aug.1872 when she left Hamburg for Havre and New York and stayed on this service until starting her last voyage on 13th Sep.1885. In 1888 she was sold to R.L. Gillcrest of London and resold to Italian owners in 1889 and renamed TEMERARIO. In 1890 she went to Banco di Genova, Genoa and was renamed ARNO and in 1892 came under the ownership of Navigazione Generale Italiana. She commenced a single round voyage between Genoa - Catania - Naples and New York on 6th May 1892 and in 1898 was converted to a coal carrier. In 1901 she became a coal hulk at Genoa and was scrapped in Italy in 1902. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.1, p.390-1] [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.4, Hamburg America line]
NOTE: A photograph of the Frisia [the one built in 1872] was not found on the internet as of 2/2005.IMMIGRATION: [entering a country]
NOTE: The Ellis Island immigration online records do not begin until about 1892. Therefore, he would not be listed in these records.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NATURALIZATION: Naturalization Certificate Lauritz Christensen; 1889; United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Omaha, Douglas, NE; no known reference numbers; United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Omaha, Douglas, NE;
NOTE: United States of America, State of Nebraska, County of Douglas. Be it remembered that on the eighth day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine, Lauritz Christensen, appeared in the district court, county of Douglas, in the State of Nebraska (the said Court being a Court of Record, having common law jurisdiction, and a Clerk and Seal) and applied to the said Court to be admitted to become a Citizen of the United States of America, pursuant to the provisions of the several Acts of the Congress of the United States of America, for that purpose made and provided. And the said applicant having thereupon produced to the Court such evidence, made such declaration and renunciation, and taken such oaths as are by the said Acts required. Thereupon, it was ordered by the said Court, that the said applicant be admitted, and he was accordingly admitted by the said Court to be a Citizen of the United States. In testimony whereof, The Seal of the said Court, is hereunto affixed this eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine and in the one hundred and fourteenth year of our Independence, by the Court, Frank E Moores, Clerk;
NOTE: A letter dated 19 Jul 1973, from United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Omaha, Douglas, NE, stated that they have a record of the above Naturalization, dated 8 Nov 1889, showing his birth or former allegiance as Denmark, and witnessed by H J Rose.
NOTE: Copy of this naturalization certificate received from daughter Anne Christensen DeWitt, per her letter dated 30 Sep 1973, see COMPILED: O-COM-0090.
NOTE: In an email dated 5 Aug 2006 from Nancy Mancuso, lookup person for Omaha, Douglas Co, NE, she stated that Naturalization papers before 1906 were only a certificate such as the one we have for Lauritz Christensen. After 1906, there was more detailed information in a person's record.
NATURALIZATION: O-NAT-0001LETTER: In a letter to Patricia Hellmers from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 11 Jun 1973, she stated the following: Her name is Anne Belle Christensen, she was baptized Anna Sophia, but changed her name when she "went to Uni and my Soc Sec and other papers are signed so." Her mother's name was Anine Raun, born 1 Apr 1880, Bisholt, Denmark, married Lauritz Christensen 11 Dec 1908, and that her mother had not been married before. Lauritz came to the US in 1880, entering through New York and that "his wife, Chris, and Annie remained until he earned enough money to send for them." [She mentions Annie, but she was born in Omaha, not Denmark.] Lauritz spent a short time after his immigration in a lumber camp in Wisconsin. He was not a member of the Presbyterian Church, but attended there. "Carrie had a twin sister who died shortly after birth, Annie was 21 and in college when she died, then there was Chris, besides these there were six other children who died, nine children by this marriage." Karen Christensen changed her name to Carrie because as I "she didn't like her name."
She also gave this description of her father: "I wish you might have known your grandfather. He was a small man physically (5 ft 2 in, 127 pounds) but big in every other way. He only had one year of formal education in Denmark yet he was a well self-educated man. He came to this country knowing no English, went to the C B and Q R R Headquarters, and asked for a job. When asked if he knew English, he said he did. He got an Amer Dan dictionary when he was hired and his first bluff kept him working at the headquarters for 46 years. Dad read constantly and he read all kinds of things. He loved the Nat Geo Mag and history and biography. He wrote as good a business letter as I, who am an Eng major. He was a perfectionist. The minister who preached Dad's funeral had been Chris' roommate in college. He told of Dad receiving a letter from Chris written in pencil. He sent it back saying he wouldn't read it until it had been copied in ink. Dad loved a good argument. He baited people to take a stand on some subject and then he chose the opposite side and they were off. This was what he did with me as I grew up to make me think.
COMPILED: O-COM-0090LETTER: In a letter to Patricia Hellmers from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 22 Aug 1973, she stated the following: One thing of which I am proud is the fact that he [her Dad, Lauritz] only had one year of formal education but yet was a very learned man. He read constantly, such things as history, biographies, nature studies and such. He wrote a beautiful hand and tho' he was 27 when he came to this country and was self-taught could write as good a business letter as any college graduate. Because he hadn't been educated he believed this a necessity and sent all his children to college. When Carrie and Chris in the later 1800's this was not usual and his neighbors made fun of him because he did this and had to wear trousers that had a shiny seat. You asked how Dad met mother. She came to be his housekeeper. His second wife, Martina, died shortly after they were married leaving a little girl from a previous marriage [Ruby]. Mother came to take care of her. She [Ruby] lived with them until some time after I was born and then an aunt took her.
COMPILED: O-COM-0090LETTER: In a letter to Patricia Hellmers from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 30 Sep 1973, she stated the following: [With this letter she sent a copy of the naturalization certificate of Lauritz, a letter sent to her from her father while on her honeymoon, and a snapshot of Lauritz - not sure which one.] Dad worked as mail clerk at the headquarters in Omaha for the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy R R for 46 years, retired at the age of 76! In 1914 he went back to Denmark (alone) to visit his mother who was going blind. Just got back before WWI began. During the 46 yrs Dad was with the R R he worked seven days a week (1/2 days Sun) so until he retired he was not a church goer, but then he was a regular attendant of the Park Forest Presb Church. When Dad came to this country, he first went to Wisc and the lumber camps but this was not for him. I don't know how he happened on Omaha but going to the C B & Q R R and convincing them he could read English he got a job and held on to it by using an English-Danish dictionary. He then sent for his family to come to this country. I found a photo of the old house, Dad, his first wife, Carrie, Chris, and Annie (who died at 21) standing in front. It is dim but will try to get a reproduction. [Did receive this picture later.] Dad did not have a will as I remember it so you may get nothing from that angle. [Probate record found]. He did not have much in the way of savings as he buried two wives, seven of his ten children and my mother was sick much of the time and under doctor's care. However, he had no debts. Dad's folks and brothers and sisters (nine children in family) did not come to this country.
COMPILED: O-COM-0090CITY DIRECTORIES: City Directories, Omaha, Douglas, NE; various dates 1883-1900; Omaha City Directories, Omaha, Douglas, NE; various pg numbers; Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Douglas, NE;
NOTE: 1883-84, Wolfe's Omaha City Directory, pg 115, Christiansen, Lauritz, laborer Chicago Lumber Co, res cor S 16th and Hickory
NOTE: 1884, Wolfe's Omaha City Directory, pg125, Christensen, Lauritz, messenger B & M R R, res 1362 S 16th
NOTE: 1885, Wolfe's Omaha City and Douglas County Directory, pg 129, Christiansen, Laurits, postal clk B & M R R, res 1318 S 16th, also listed, same page, as Christiansen, Laurits, postal clk B & M R R, res 1318 S 16th
NOTE: 1886, Omaha City Directory, pg 148, Christensen, Lauritz, messenger B & M R R, res 1362 S 16th
NOTE: 1887, Omaha City Directory, pg 126, Christensen, Lauritz, mail clk B & M R R, res 1416 S 18th
NOTE: 1888, Omaha City Directory, pg 166, Christensen, Lauritz, mailing clk B & M R R, res 1316 S 18th
NOTE: 1890, Omaha City Directory, pg 155, Christensen, Lawritz, mail clk B & M R R, res 1316 S 18th
NOTE: 1891, Omaha City Directory, pg 168, Christensen, Lauritz, mail clk B & M R R, res 1316 S 18th
NOTE: 1892, Omaha City Directory, pg 136, Christensen, Lars, postal clk B & M Ry, res 1416 S 18th
NOTE: 1893, Omaha City Directory, pg 209, Christensen, Lauritz, mail clk B & M R R, res 1469 Phelps
NOTE: 1900, Omaha City Directory, pg xxx, Christensen, Lauritz, clerk B & M, 1416 Phelps
NOTE: Mainly these directories are listed to try to match up the addresses with some of the birth and death records for children who died with the last name of Christensen that might fit in this family. As of January 2005 this has not helped much.
DIRECTORY: O-DIR-0014CITY DIRECTORY: Found at HeritageQuestOnline, Omaha, Neb, Omaha Directory Co, c1910, 1770 pgs:
NOTE: Transcribed from the internet, website listed below, available only with password:
< http://www.heritagequestonline.com/prod/genealogy/index >.
Page 253, Christensen, Lauritz, clk C B & Q R R, r [resides] 1469 Phelps.CITY DIRECTORY: Found at DistantCousin.org, Omaha, Nebraska 1914 City Directory:
< http://distantcousin.com/Directories/NE/Omaha/1914/Page.asp?Page=208 >.
Page 208, Christensen, Lauritz, clk, r [resides] 1469 Phelps.OCCUPATION: Letter dated 3 Feb 1975, from Personnel Department, Burlington Northern [Railroad], St Paul, MN, stated: Lauritz Christensen was employed in the year 1883 for the Western Missouri Railroad, later the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, his record indicates that he died on 18 Aug 1938, and was born 10 Jan 1853. Personal records dating back that far were destroyed in 1958, so this is all the information that is available. [Letter discarded 3/2004.]
OCCUPATION: Letters were written in Oct 1992 to several locations seeking information about the Chicago Lumber Co, mentioned as the employment of Lauritz Christensen in the 1883-84 city directory, Omaha, NE. Research on this company suggests that this firm was involved in logging/lumber operation in at least the period of 1880-1885 and that city directories in Omaha, NE, indicated there was apparently a sales/distribution operation in Omaha. Letters were sent to: Nebraska State Historical Society Library, Lincoln, NE; Newberry Library, Chicago, IL; Omaha Public Library, Omaha, NE; State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; the Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL; and the Illinois State Library, Springfield, IL. Replies were either not received or not helpful. [Letters discarded 3/2004.]
OCCUPATION: Letter dated 8 Apr 1996, from United States of America Railroad Retirement Board, Chicago, IL, stated that the Railroad Retirement Board, like the Social Security Administration, was not established until the mid-1930's and it began maintaining its own records of all covered rail service in 1937. They stated that therefore, they would have no records of the railroad service of Lauritz Christensen (retired by 1930). [Letter discarded 3/2004.]
MARRIAGE:
(1) - Sophie Nielsen
Church marriage; 1853-1879; Church records from As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark; married 11 May 1878, pg 161, #1; FHL microfilm #0053392;
NOTE: Husmand [small farmer] Laurs Christensen, Landpost [postman] in Horsens, age 25-1/4, son of Christen Laursen in Stobberup, Løsning Sogn to Sofie Nielsen age 25-1/2, in Overby, daughter of Niels Sørensen Fisker, married 11 May 1878, in the church in As, witnesses Brudens Fader [the bride's father] og Høker [and shopkeeper] Jens Sørensen Fisker in Horsens.
!NOTE: This record found at a website in Denmark that has online church records. The website address is:
< http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark, image 131, pg 161, #1.
NOTE: This marriage not found at FamilySearch.org, International Genealogical Index (IGI):
< http://www.familysearch.org/ > as of 7/2006.
COMPILED: O-COM-0087t(2) - Martine Knudsen
Civil marriage record; 1902; Clerk of County Court, Douglas Co Omaha, NE; Book 24, p 597; Clerk of County Court, Douglas Co, Omaha NE;
NOTE: Lauritz Christensen, white, residing at Omaha, age 49, born Denmark, father Christin Laursen, mother Karen JacobsDatter, and Martine Knudsen, white, residing at Omaha, age 40, born Denmark, father Knud Christensen, mother Inger Anna Andersen. [Pastor's return] Be it remembered that at Omaha, Neb in said County, on the 6 Nov 1902, Mr Lauritz Christensen residing at Omaha, Neb, age 49, and Miss Martine Knudsen residing at Omaha, age 40, were duly joined in marriage by me, in presence of C A Knudsen residing at Turin, Iowa, and J C Fischer residing at Omaha, Neb, in witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 6 day of Nov 1902, M C Mikkelsen, Pastor Danish Evang Luth Chch.
MARRIAGE: O-CVM-0006
Church marriage Lauritz Christensen to Martine Nielsen; 1902; Vor Frelsers Dansk Evangelisk Luthersk Kirke (Our Saviors Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church), renamed about 1964 to Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Omaha, NE; 6 Nov 1902, Bk xx, pg 166; Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Omaha, NE;
NOTE: Lauritz Christensen, age 49, born Denmark, to Martine Nielsen, age 40, born Denmark, married 6 Nov 1902, no witnesses listed.
NOTE: Martine's last name is given as Nielsen. This is probably a mistake, mixed up with his first wife's maiden name of Nielsen.
MARRIAGE: O-CHM-0001NOTE: In an email dated 9 Mar 2005, from Judie Howell, (Shlcjudy@aol.com), Office Manager, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Omaha, NE, she stated: "I have looked through the files and I do not find any record of a marriage between Lauritz Christensen and Anine Ruan (Ravn) in 1908. I went through 1912 and back to 1907. The date that I found for Lauritz Christensen and Martine Nielsen was November 6th, 1902. If I can be of further assistance, please feel free to contact me at shlcjudy@aol.com or you may call us at 402-571-7797. Thank you. Judie Howell."
(3) - Anine Raun
!MARRIAGE: Civil marriage record; 1909; Clerk of District Court, Pottawattamie Co, IA; Marriage Record, Book 19, p108, Marriage Register Book 6, p87; Clerk of District Court, Pottawattamie Co, IA;
Marriage Record: #19197, L Christensen to Anine Raun, L Christensen age 56 resident of Omaha, Nebraska, and Annie Raun age 29 resident of Omaha, Nebr, said parties are both unmarried, and free from physical infirmities, and no legal impediment exists to the marriage of said parties, signed L Christensen and H A Reichenbach, subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of December 1909. Harry M Brown, Clerk District Court, Roy Hardesty. Certificate of Marriage, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, filed 12 January 1910, This certifies that on the 11 day of December 1909 at Council Bluffs in said county, according to law, and by authority, I duly joined in marriage Mr Lauritz Christensen and Miss Anina [sic] Baun [sic Raun], given under my hand the 11 day of December 1909, H A Reichenbach, Minister of the Gospel.
Marriage Register: #19197, affidavit of H A Reichenbach, groom L Christensen, Omaha, Nebr, mail clerk, age 57, born Denmark, groom's 2nd marriage [sic], groom's father Christin Lauiritzen [sic], mother's maiden name K Jacobsen, bride Anine Raun, Omaha, Nebr, age 30, born Denmark, bride's father Nels Petersen Raun, bride's mother Elsonine [?] Cathrine Hansen, married Council Bluffs, Ia, Dec 11-09 [11 Dec 1909], witness N P Raun, married by Henry A Reichenbach, Min [minister], date of return Jan 12-10 [12 Jan 1910], date registered Jan 18-10 [18 Jan 1910].
NOTE: This record states "number of groom's marriage" as 2nd, when it was his third.
NOTE: The witness, listed as N P Raun, may have been Anine's father.
NOTE: Regarding the minister, in the 1910 census there is a Henry A Reichenbach listed in 2-Wd Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co, IA, age 70, born Denmark, occupation minister, immigrated 1862, wife Hannah. In the 1900 census there is a Henry A Richenbach, 6-Wd Omaha, Douglas Co, NE, age 61, born Denmark, immigrated 1863, occupation minister of the Gospel, wife Hannah. In the 1880 census this couple with their children were living in Cook Co, IL. His occupation was listed as Missionary.
MARRIAGE: O-CVM-0052NOTE: In a letter to Patricia Hellmers from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 11 Jun 1973, she stated the following: Her mother's name was Anine Raun, born 1 Apr 1880, Bisholt, Denmark, married Lauritz Christensen 11 Dec 1908, and that her mother had not been married before. Lauritz came to the US in 1880, entering through New York and that "his wife, Chris, and Annie remained until he earned enough money to send for them." [She mentions Annie, but she was born in Omaha, not Denmark.] [More data in that letter.]
NOTE: Anne gives the year of this marriage as 1908. The civil marriage record gives the year as 1909.
COMPILED: O-COM-0090CHILDREN:
NOTE: In a letter to Patricia Hellmers from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 11 Jun 1973, she stated there were 9 children born to Lauritz and Sophie Christensen, only Chris and Carrie survived into adulthood. And, in the 1900 census, Sophie is listed as having 8 children, 3 living. [Only 8 children are listed at the present time, based on this census information.] On a personal visit to Omaha, NE, in Sep 1982, many records were searched to try to find the rest of the children who died, but none could be found to link any Christensen deaths/burials to this family. Many early records did not give the names of the parents and sometimes the only clue might be the address where the child was living when they died. The research papers from this visit can be found in O-CHO-0002 [Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church] and death/burial records of Prospect Hill Cemetery [O-CMR-0032] and Laurel Hill Cemetery [O-CMR-0034]. The Pella notes have information that eliminates some of Christensen children found in records as not being children of Lauritz. These could be reviewed more closely for possible clues to these missing children. The State of Nebraska did not require that birth and death records be kept until 1904 and any records kept by counties previous to that date are either non-existent or scarce.NOTE: One website has information about another possible source for early births and deaths, by Cindy Drake, Library Curator, NSHS [Nebraska State Historical Society], she states that some earlier birth and death records for Omaha have been filed with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, and they are: City of Omaha death certificates, 1855-1901, 1873-74, 1890, 1891-1903, and birth certificates, 1890-1914. For these records contact the bureau at 301 Centennial Mail South, Lincoln NE, 68509-5007 to obtain prices and procedures. The Nebraska State Historical Society apparently has the following records: Omaha Birth Registry, 1869-1907 and an Omaha Death Registry, 1873-1915. Cindy's information comes from the Library/Archives Division, Nebraska State Historical Society, P.O. Box 82554, Lincoln NE 68501, their e-mail address is
< lanshs@nebraskahistory.org >. The website stating this is:
< http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/NSHS/Gen_Corner/gencor_4.html#51.5 >.
NOTE: The Historical Society of Douglas County Nebraska also lists the following resources on their website < http://www.omahahistory.org/archives.htm >:
Genealogical related materials: Government records such as birth and death registries for Omaha and South Omaha (approx. 1874-1915); marriage licenses for Douglas County (approx. 1854-1912); and naturalization records for Douglas County (approx. 1867-1937).NOTE: For consideration, the following Christensen names were found in the obituary newspaper index at the Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Douglas, NE, on a personal visit to the library 16-20 Oct 1984 [none of these entries were looked up in the actual newspaper, doing so might reveal some clues:
Christensen, Infant, died 5 Jun 1893, Omaha World Herald
Christensen, Anna, died 8 Jul 1891, Omaha World Herald
Christensen, Christ, died 18 Apr 1893, Omaha World Herald, buried Laurel Hill Cemetery
Christensen, Christina, died 10 Jun 1892, Omaha World Herald
Christensen, Elmer, died 3 May 1891, Omaha World Herald
Christensen, (Miss) Emma, died 4 Feb 1893, Omaha World Herald
Christensen, Harold, died 8 Aug 1892, Omaha World Herald
Christensen, M A, died 6 Jan 1891, Omaha World Herald
NOTE: The above Christ Christensen is listed on the online Laurel Hill Cemetery directory as: Baby Christiansen, died 18 Apr 1893, section 8, row 5, grave 79.NOTE: Old list [discarded 3/2004] indicated that there may be a death record for a Peter Christensen, died Jul 1885, 1 year old, address 17th and St Mary's, found in the death indexes, Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Douglas, NE, on a personal visit there Oct 1984. This same note listed a Victor Lauritz Christensen, age 3 mos, p47, in death indexes, unknown year, perhaps 1885, address given 2912 Izard or Ozard [map indicates Izard].
NOTE: For further consideration, there is another old cemetery in Omaha, NE, called the Springwell Danish Cemetery, established in 1889, but apparently some burials prior to that date, it is not known if there are any records of this cemetery, see one website regarding this cemetery:
< http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/landmarks/designated_landmarks/landmarks/123/Default.htm >.NOTE: Per an email dated 31 Aug 2006, from Anna Grooms < AAJGrooms@aol.com >, she searched the Ancestry.com, database of Morning World Herald, Omaha, Nebraska, 1892-1893, and did not find any mention of Lauritz Christensen (and various spellings) or any deaths for any of his possible children who may have died in 1892-93. She listed the following:
Martin Christensen Nebraska pension Civil War
Carrie Christensen marriage license
C.A. Christensen(Christiansen) squatter (or not)
James Christensen marriage license
O.C. Christensen and wife real estate transfer to Jens Jensen NW corner Hickory Place
Emma Christenson, coroner inquest ruled suicide
Jay Christianson, 22, fell from 3rd floor at Aurora and killed
Andrew divorced Carrie Christiansen
Mary C. wants child support for illegitimate childRESEARCH: A letter was written on 24 Sep 1992 to Pastor Kenneth Bunnell, Historian, Presbyterian Church, Elkhorn, NE, regarding the location of the records of the Park Forest Presbyterian Church, located at 13th and Phelps Streets in Omaha, NE, now known as the Korean Presbyterian Church. A return letter dated 5 Oct 1992 from Dr Bunnell stated that the records may be housed at the Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19127. No follow-up letter has been sent. [Letters from this correspondence discarded 3/2004 and transcribed above.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL:
NOTE: In a letter to Patricia Hellmers from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 30 Sep 1973, she stated that her father, Lauritz, returned to Denmark in 1914 to visit his mother who was going blind. This was confirmed by finding him (on his return trip) listed in the 1914 Ellis Island [New York] Immigration Records online at website: < www.ellisisland.org >:Name: Christensen, Lauritz
Date of Arrival: June 10, 1914
Age on Arrival: 61y
Gender: M
Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Oceanic
Port of Departure: Southampton, Southamptonshire, England, UK
Citizenship: US Citizen
NOTE: He is listed as single, but this is incorrect. The enumerator was using ditto marks frequently and apparently neglected to mark Lauritz as married.Text from Original Manifest:
List of United States Citizens for the Immigration Authorities. S.S. Oceanic sailing from Southampton, 3 Jun 1913 [it is unclear why this date is given as 1913]. Arriving at Port of New York 10 Jun [the year is obscured by a large number 1 [one] in the corner of the page, assumed to be the page number].
[Line 6] Christensen, Lauritz, age 61, male, single [based on ditto marks from entry directly above]. Pa__p___ [passport?] No 23388, Wash [Washington?], Mar 5, 1914. Naturalization information, Douglas Co, Omaha, Nebraska, Nov 8, 1888 [Apparently his naturalization information, but year should be 1889]. Address in United States, 1469 Phelps St, Omaha, Neb.NOTE: The second page of the Manifest is an Affidavit, which gives the following information:
Affidavit of Surgeon. I, RS French [? cannot read his initials], surgeon of the "Oceanic" sailing therewith, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that I have had twenty-four years' experience as a Physician and Surgeon, and that I am entitled to practice as such by and under the authority of BA MBB Ch B Ch O [? cannot read these letters well, apparently his degree designations, such as PhD and MD in the US], Dublin University, and that I have made a personal examination of each of the aliens named herein, and that the foregoing Lists or Manifest Sheets, 16 in number, are, according to the best of my knowledge and belief full, correct, and true in all particulars, relative to the mental and physical condition of such aliens. Signed RS [?] French. Sworn to before me this 10 day of June, 1914, at New York, J M Williams [?], Immigration Officer.NOTE: The Ellis Island website gives the following information about the ship Oceanic, includes a photograph:
Built by Harlan & Wolff Limited, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1899. 17,272 gross tons. 704 (bp) feet long. 63 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 19 knots. 1,710 passengers (410 first class, 300 second class, 1,000 third class). Built for White Star and Dominion Lines, in 1899 and named Oceanic. Liverpool-New York service. World's largest liner 1899-1901. Converted to wartime Aux. Cruiser. Stranded in the Shetland 9/1914. Gradually scrapped on the spot in 1924.
EMIGRATION: O-EMI-0001 (printout of above from internet)NOTE: It appears that the page that Lauritz is listed on may be some kind of supplemental page. There are only 8 people listed on the page. The columns of the page are different and give less information than the other pages listing passengers. This may also account for the mistake in entering the year as 1913 at the top of the page.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Will-PROBATE: Will Lauritz Christensen; 1930; County Court, Douglas Co, NE; will dated 12 Jul 1930, probated 23 Sep 1938; Bk 56, Pg 151, file #25821; County Court, Douglas Co, NE;
NOTE: Will of Lauritz Christensen, includes distribution instructions as listed below, plus the following: "I desire my body shall not be cremated. I desire that no more than $250 be taken from my personal property for my burial expenses and I further desire that all my just debts be paid." Lists children as Chris Christensen, a son, now of Wyola, Montana, Carrie Christensen O'Brien, a daughter, now of 918 East 7th Street, Flint, Michigan, and Anna S Christensen, a daughter, now living with me at Omaha, Nebraska. Includes his signature.
NOTE: Decree of Final Account. Lauritz Christensen, 27 Feb 1939, comes Annie Christensen, executrix of will of Lauritz Christensen, in which he gave and bequeathed unto his wife, Anine Christensen, all the monies on deposit in the name of Lauritz Christensen and Anine Christensen in the Omaha Loan and Building Association, of Omaha, Nebraska, under Account No C 27645, that Anine Christensen was devised the home situated at 1469 Phelps Street, Omaha, Nebraska, being Lots 20 and 21 in Oak Hill Addition No 1, to the city of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. The testator devised all the remainder of his property, real and personal, share and share alike, to his wife, Anine Christensen, and children, Chris Christensen, a son, Carrie Christensen O'Brien, a daughter, and Anna S Christensen, now married and known as Anna S Christensen DeWitt, a daughter. The executrix will pay the named persons their shares of the cash belonging to said estate, Anine Christensen, widow, proceeds of furniture sold, $50, Anine Christensen, widow, one-fourth, $428.89, Chris Christensen, Carrie Christensen O'Brien, and Anna S Christensen DeWitt, one-fourth [each], $428.89, Anine Christensen, as executrix fee, $182.39, H E Kuppinger, as attorney, balance of $132.29.
PROBATE: O-CTP-0015NOTE: Letter dated 11 Oct 1938, from the County Court, Douglas Co, NE, to Mrs Carrie C O'Brien, Oakland Mortgage Co, Flint, MI, listed the will of Lauritz Christensen as dated 12 Jul 1930, admitted to probate 23 Sep 1938, by its terms the wife is devised the home and money, the balance to be divided equally between the wife and three children, the inventory schedules cash of $3,850, and real estate valued at $5,100. [Letter discarded 3/2004, transcribed here.]
DEATH: Civil death record; 1938; Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics Omaha NE; #28986; Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Omaha NE;
Personal and Statistical Particulars
Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, City of Omaha, Nebraska, #28986, place of death Douglas County, St Joseph's Hospital, address 1469 Phelps, male, white, marr [married], wife Anine Christensen, date of birth 1st month [Jan], 10th day, 1853, age 85 years, 7 months, 9 days, retired R R Mail Clerk, number of years 46, birthplace Denmark, name of father Chris Lauritzen, birthplace of father Denmark, maiden name of mother Karin Jacobsen, birthplace of mother Denmark, informant Mrs Anine Christensen, 1469 Phelps, burial West Lawn, 8-23-38, undertaker N P Swanson, Omaha, Nebr, filed 8-26-38, Jno M Looney, registrar.
Medical Certificate of Death
Date of death 8-19-38, I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 8-12-38 to 8-19-38 and last saw him alive on 8-19-38, death occurred on date stated above at 5 p m, cause of death coronary occlusion date of onset August 12, 1938, no contributory causes of death, autopsy conducted, signed Werner P Jensen, M D, 813 M A B.
NOTE: This Certified Copy of Death obtained 5 Jul 1973.
DEATH: O-CVD-0005DEATH [Church]: No church death record was found for Lauritz Christensen, on a personal visit to the Omaha, Nebraska, October 16-20, 1994, where the records of the following Church were checked: Vor Frelsers Dansk Evangelisk Luthersk Kirke (Our Saviors Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church), renamed about 1964 to Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church.
DEATH:
NOTE: In a letter to Patricia Hellmers from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 23 Apr 1974, she stated, "In the family Bible I have Dad's death date as Aug 14, 1938."OBITUARY: Obituary of Lauritz Christensen; 1938; EVENING WORLD-HERALD, Omaha, Douglas Co, NE; 20 Aug 1938, p14; Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Douglas, NE;
NOTE: Lauritz Christensen, 85, of 1469 Phelps street, retired mail clerk for the Burlington railroad, died Friday at a hospital. In Omaha 58 years, he worked for the railroad 46 years. He was a member of the Burlington Veterans. Survivors: Wife Anine; daughters Mrs Howard DeWitt, Council Bluffs [IA]; and Mrs Carrie C O'Brien, Flint, Mich; son Chris, Wyola, Mont; three sisters in Denmark, three grandchildren, one great-grandchild. Mortuary N P Swanson.
NOTE: The obituary states he died on Friday, which in Aug 1938 was the 19th.
OBITUARY: O-OBT-0070BURIAL: Burial Lauritz Christensen; 1938; West Lawn-Hillcrest Cemetery, Omaha, NE; died 1938, buried Section 3, Lot 87, Graves 5/6; West Lawn-Hillcrest Cemetery, Omaha, NE;
NOTE: Personal reading of tombstone done in Sep 1992, Christensen [one stone], Anine R 1880-1959, Lauritz 1853-1938, record #8362, Lot 87, Section 3, Graves 5 & 6.
NOTE: Letter received from West Lawn and Hillcrest Memorial Parks, 5701 Center Street, Omaha, NE 68106, dated 11 Jul 1973, stated the following. On 20 Aug 1938 Anine R Christensen bought graves 5 & 6, Lot 87, Section 3, West Lawn Cemetery. Lauritz Christensen was buried 22 Aug 1938 in grave 5, burial #8362. He died 19 Aug 1938 at age 85 from coronary occlusion. On 11 Dec 1959, Anine R Christensen passed away and was buried 14 Dec 1959, died of an arterial vascular accident at age 79, buried grave 6, Section 3, Lot 87, burial #19344. The letter states they have no record of burial of the wives of Lauritz, Sophie or Martina, in their records. Also, no record of any burials of any children of Lauritz Christensen. However, if they had names of these children they could search their records. Signed G J Easley. [This letter transcribed here and then discarded, 2/2005.]
BURIAL: O-CMR-0033RESEARCH: On the internet at website: < http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/index.html > is listed, among other things, online copies of some history books about Omaha and the state of Nebraska, such as the book "Omaha Illustrated: A History of the Pioneer Period and the Omaha of Today" published Jan 1888. Usually there is no mention of ordinary citizens, but these resources are interesting to read about Omaha and Nebraska at the time the Christensens lived there.
CENSUS:
1860 - Denmark - Listed with parents.
1870 - Denmark - He is not listed with his parents who were living in Vejle County, Denmark and he was not found living there on his own. Not all census records are available online yet, as of 7/2006. He would be about age 17. He was not found searching in two counties, Vejle and Skanderborg using Laurs or Lauritz Christensen. The Dansk Demografisk Database requires that a county be entered in order to search the database.
1880 - Denmark
!NOTE: This record found at a website in Denmark that has online census records. The website address is:
< http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: Horsens, Horsens, Horsens sogn, Nim herred, Skanderborg amt, Denmark, image 104, page 100, family #3, individuals 10-14. [The census was taken in Feb 1880.]
NOTE: Kjælderlejlighed (basement apartment)
10 - Lauritz Christensen, male, age 27, married, Lutheran, born Løsning sogn, Veile Amt, Husfader [head of household], occupations Kjøbmand (storekeeper of a general store) and a Landpost (postman)
11 - Sophie Nielsen Christensen, female, age 28, married, Lutheran, born Assens sogn, Husmoder [mother of the house] Hans Kone [his wife]
12 - Chr. Christensen, male, age under 1 year, unmarried, Lutheran, born Horsens, deres Børn [their child]
13 - Mette Cathrine Nielsen, female, age 22, unmarried, Lutheran, born Assens sogn, Tjenestetyende [servant]
14 - Anthon Lauesen, male, age 26, unmarried, Lutheran, born Korning sogn, Tjenestetyende [servant]1880 - America - Lauritz traveled from Denmark arriving on 4 May 1880. Following his arrival he spent a short time in Wisconsin before going to Omaha, Nebraska. The 1880 Wisconsin censuses were checked for him, but he was not found there. The 1880 census in the United States was generally taken in June 1880.
1880 - The person listed below in the 1880 census in Omaha, Nebraska, could possibly be Lauritz. However, this person's first name is listed as Lars and, according to Anne Christensen DeWitt, Lauritz apparently never went by that name. Also, the record states that this person was single, which would be incorrect. However, it is commonly known that census records do sometimes contain incorrect information. Also, to consider is that the name Christensen and its various spellings was a common name in Omaha in 1880 and this census entry should be considered tentative. The age is correct for someone born 10 Jan 1853, with the census being taken 12 Jun 1880, calculates to age 27.
T9_0747, Omaha, Douglas Co, NE, ED 9, line 48, page 45D, 12 Jun 1880
NOTE: This person is listed along with a group of about 30 people living at a hotel
Christensen, Lars., male, white, age 27, single, laborer, born Denmark, Denmark, Denmark1885 - Nebraska State Census, Douglas Co, Omaha City; 1885; Nebraska State Census; 17 Jun 1885, line 24, page 40, enumeration district 248, enumerator H J Kasper; Public Library, Omaha, Douglas Co, NE:
NOTE: This may be the family of Lauritz Christensen, but the names and ages do not match entirely so this is very tentative. No other possible matches were found. The members listed should be Lauritz [age 32], wife Sophie [age 23], son Chris [age 6] and daughter Anna [age 3]:
Address 1456 South 16th Street, dwelling 376, family 508
Kristenson, M, white, male, age 30, [head], married, laborer, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark
Kristenson, Mary, white, female, age 30, wife, married, keeps house, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark
Kristenson, Kristan, white, male, age 6, son, single, attended school within the year, Nebraska, Denmark, Denmark
Kristenson, Anna, white, female, age 4, daughter, single, NE, Denmark, Denmark
CENSUS: O-CEN-0004NOTE: This census is also found on the internet (Ancestry.com), Nebraska State Census 1885:
Location Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, 17 Jun 1885, enumerator F J Kasper, enumeration district 248, page 40, locality Midway Borough;
M Kristensson, age 30, born Denmark, race white,
Mary Kristensson, age 30, born Denmark, [other data the same]
Fristan Kristensson, age 6, born Nebraska, [other data the same]
Anna Kristensson, age 4, born Nebraska, [other data the same]1900 - T623_923, 2-Wd, Omaha, Douglas Co, NE, ED 19, line 40, page 230A (10A), 8 Jun 1900
[Ancestry.com, image 19 of 25]
NOTE: Address 1469 Phelps Street
Christensen, Louis [as indexed by Ancestry.com, smudged, probably spelled Lauritz], head, male, white, born Jun 1853, age 47, married 22 years, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, to US 1880, 20 years in US, Na [naturalized], mail clerk
Christensen, Sophia, wife, female, white, born Oct 1852, age 47, married 22 years, 8 children, 3 living, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, to US 1881, 19 years in US
Christensen, Christ, son, male, white, born Jul 1879, age 20, single, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, to US 1881, 19 years in US, clerk store [gives type of store, but unable to read entry]
Christensen, Annie C, daughter, female, white, born Jan 1882, age 18, single, NE, Denmark, Denmark, high school
Christensen, Carrie, daughter, female, white, born Mar 1888, age 12, single, NE, Denmark, Denmark, at school
NOTE: Indexed by HeritageQuest as Lawis W Christensen.1910 - T624_843, 2-Wd, Omaha, Douglas Co, NE, ED 10, line 22, page 186A (12A), 25 Apr 1910
[Ancestry.com, image 23 of 25]
NOTE: Address 1469 Phelps Street, listed on supplemental census sheet
Cristensen, Lauritz, head, male, white, age 57, married 3 times, [this marriage] 1 year, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, mail clerk, railroad
Cristensen, Annie, wife, female, white, age 30 [? looks like 30, but should be about 48, perhaps is 50], married once 1 year, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark
Cristensen, Ruby, daughter, female, white, age 8, single, NE, Denmark, Denmark1920 - T625_989, 6-Wd, Omaha, Douglas Co, NE, ED 60, line 98, page 25B (13B), 12 Jan 1920
[Ancestry.com, image 26 of 27]
NOTE: Address 1469 Phelps Street
Christensen, Lauritz, head, male, white, age 67, married, to US 1880, Na 1889, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, mail clerk
Christensen, Anine, wife, female, white, age 39, married, to US 1907, Na [no year given], Denmark, Denmark, Denmark
Christensen, Anna S [?], daughter, female, white, age 9, single, NE, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark1930 - T626_1275, 6-Wd, Omaha, Omaha Co, NE, ED 65, line 1, page 75A (16A), 9 Apr 1930
[Ancestry.com, image 31 of 50]
NOTE: Address 1469 Phelps Street
Christiansen, Lauritz, head, value of home $5000, male, white, age 77, first married age 24, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, to US 1880, Na, occupation none
Christiansen, Anine, wife, female, white, age 50, first married age 29, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, to US 1907, Na
Petersen, Marie C, sister-in-law, female, white, age 65, Wd, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, to US 1886, Na
Christiansen, Anna, daughter, female, white, age 19, single, NE, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark
NOTE: Marie C Petersen is believed to be Anine (Raun) Christensen's sister, Marie, listed here as age 65 in 1930, calculates to born about 1865, immigrated in 1886.NOTE: Federal Census records beyond 1930 are not yet available to the public as they are closed to research for 72 years. Therefore, the 1940 census will be available in 2012.
11. Christen "Chris" Christensen
NOTE: This birth not found at FamilySearch.org, International Genealogical Index (IGI):
< http://www.familysearch.org/ > as of 7/2006.BIRTH: Letter from father, Lauritz Christensen to son Chris Christensen; 1927; Letter from Lauritz Christensen, Omaha, NE, 23 Feb 1927, to Chris Christensen, unknown address; original in possession of Patricia Hellmers, 3/2004;
NOTE: Omaha, Neb, 2-23-27, Dear Chris, Carrie wrote me something about sending you, your citizenship papers. You were born in the City of Horsens, Denmark, Europe, July 22nd 1879. The fact that I took out my papers before you were twenty one automatically makes you an American Citizen. I enclose herewith my Naturalization Certificate, if you want to have it verified. You can have copy made of it out there, then you always have something to prove your Citizenship. Be sure to send my paper back when you are through with it. Anine is still very sick, one day she seems a little better and the next day she will have a relapse again. With kind regards to you both. Sincerely, Dad.
LETTER: O-LET-0099BIRTH/BAPTISM: Church baptism; 1630-1914; Church records from Horsens Vor Frelser Parish [sogn], Nim District [herred], Skanderborg County [amt], Denmark; born 22 Jul 1879, baptized 24 Aug 1879, pg 82, #124; FHL microfilm #0409336;
NOTE: Christen Christensen, born 22 Jul 1879, [city of Horsens], church baptism 24 Aug 1879, parents Laurits Christensen and Sophie Nielsen, age 26. Witnesses: Madam Stine Petersen, Pige [unmarried] Ane Cathrine Christensen, Husmand [small farmer] Christen Larsen of Løsning Sogn, Husmand [small farmer] Niels Sørensen Fischer of Overby, ____ __. Schreiber.
!NOTE: This record found at a website in Denmark that has online church records. The website address is:
< http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: Church Baptisms 1876-1881, Horsens Vor Frelser Parish [sogn], Nim District [herred], Skanderborg County [amt], Denmark, image 85, pg 82, #124.
NOTE: In 1970 as part of a boundary reform, Skanderborg amt was divided between Vejle amt Aarhus.
COMPILED: O-COM-0086
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------EMIGRATION [leaving a country]: Lauritz Christensen's emigration to the US in 1880 has been found, see his notes. His wife Sophie and son Chris came to the US in 1881. The same database that Lauritz was found in was searched for Sophie and Chris, but they were not found: [< http://www.emiarch.dk/home.php3 >]. Since Chris was born in Horsens, it is assumed that they were living there before they immigrated, but this is not known for sure.
IMMIGRATION: [entering a country] He was not found at Ancestry.com on 2/28/05, by using a 14-day trial subscription to their online Immigration records, including a database called "New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891. More information is needed to find him in this database.
IMMIGRATION: [entering a country]
NOTE: The Ellis Island immigration online records do not begin until about 1892. Therefore, he would not be listed in these records.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONFIRMATION: No confirmation record was found for Chris Christensen, on a personal visit to the Omaha, Nebraska, October 16-20, 1994, where the records of the following Church were checked: Vor Frelsers Dansk Evangelisk Luthersk Kirke (Our Saviors Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church), renamed about 1964 to Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church.
HIGH SCHOOL: In an email dated 1 Aug 2006, from the Local History Department of the Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Douglas County, NE, stating they have no High School yearbooks from 1896-1898. [This was regarding trying to find information on Chris Christensen from a high school yearbook.]
COLLEGE: College Alumni and Former Student Information of Chris Christensen; unknown date; Hastings College, Hastings, Adams Co, NE; no reference numbers; Hastings College, Hastings, Adams Co, NE;
NOTE: Alumni Information includes Chris Christensen, post office while in college, Omaha, NE, class of 1901, present address, Wyola, MT, present business, Proprietor Wyola Mercantile Co, number of years in Hastings College, 4, If married, date of marriage, 1904, place of marriage, Sheridan, WY, name of spouse, Vinnie Foster, no children.
SCHOOL: O-SCH-0005COLLEGE: In a letter to Patricia Hellmers from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 26 Feb 1974, she stated the following: Chris went to Hastings College in Nebr. Annie went to Bellevue College and Carrie went to both Bellevue and Hastings.
SCHOOL: O-COM-0090COLLEGE: Sep 2006, received materials from The Office of Archives, Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska regarding Chris Christensen as follows [transcribed here, papers discarded]:
1897 - Oct 15, The Hastings Collegian, Wray Porter and Chris Christensen took a trip overland on wheels to Nelson and spent Sabbath at the home of Mr Porter, two weeks ago.
1898 - Apr, The Hastings Collegian, Athletics, [track] half-mile, 2nd place, Christensen.
1898 - May, The Hastings Collegian, Athletics, Osborne has challenged Christensen for the half-mile run. This will run off on the 11th.
1898 - Nov, The Hastings Collegian, Mr Wray Porter and Mr Chris Christensen visited their friends, the Barrows boys, of Hansen, Sunday.
1898 - Nov, The Hastings Collegian, Athletics, [football], tie game 2 Oct at Harvard, Christensen kicked [the] goal, the ball went to center and the half ended with the ball on Harvard's forty yard line, Brown, Christensen and Porter played an especially good game making good runs and bucks, Christensen, L H [left halfback].
1899 - Jan, The Hastings Collegian, Chris Christensen, captain of the second team [football] for the next year.
1899 - Mar, The Hastings Collegian, Most of our athletes have already gone into training. Bushnell, the long distance man has given up his Bicycle; Webster who holds the running and standing broad-jump records contents himself with very light dinners and suppers; and Christensen has had to part with his happy smiles.
1899 - May 27, The Hastings Collegian, state track meet in Crete, NE, mile run, second place, Christensen, winning run 5:09-1/2.
1899 - Oct, The Hastings Collegian, Editor, Chris Christensen.
1900 - Mar, The Hastings Collegian, Editor-in-Chief and Business Manager, Chris Christensen.
1900 - Mar, The Hastings Collegian, Chris Christensen and Bernard Brinkema spent Sunday with their friend, Fred Wales, at his home in Aurora, a couple of weeks ago.
1900 - Mar, The Hastings Collegian, Bernard Brinkema and Chris Christensen made a flying trip to Rosemont, on their wheels, one Saturday. As the wind blew a gale from the north on the following Monday, they did not make a flying trip coming back.
1900 - Apr, The Hastings Collegian, The new athletic board consists of Messrs Osborne, Christensen and Iugalsbe of the students. Saturday, April 15th, [baseball], Christensen assisted as umpire.
1901 - Jun, The Hastings Collegian, Athletics Notes, track meet against Doane, one hundred yard dash, Christensen, second place and Christensen, after running a fine race, won both the half mile and one mile runs by about two feet, Christensen 13 points.
1897-98 through 1900-1901 - Hastings College Catalogue, Chris Christensen, sc [science], Omaha, Class of 1901.
1900 - Directory, Hastings College Athletic Association, C Christensen, '01 secretary.
1901-1921 - Alumni Association Catalogue, Chris Christensen, Sc. B. [Bachelor of Science], Surveyor, Sheridan, Wyo, Class of 1901.
1922-1933 - Alumni Association Catalogue, Chris Christensen, B. S. [Bachelor of Science], Business, Wyola, Montana.MARRIAGE: On a personal visit to Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library, Sheridan, WY, Jul 2003, no marriage was found in their records for Chris Christensen and Vinnie Foster. These records are also online at: < http://www.rootsweb.com/~wysherid/marriages/marriages1.htm >.
NOTE: Date and place of marriage from Hastings College Alumni Information as listed above.NOTE: Per an email dated 7 Aug 2006, from Jane Rader < jbrader@bresnan.net > a Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) researcher, Sheridan, WY, she stated:
Pat, I did not have luck finding a marriage record for Christen Christensen and Vinnie Foster. We only have indexes but I did find a marriage that was a bit similar of a Chris Christenson to Julia A. Joy on May 28th 1904. Jane.MARRIAGE: In an email dated 4 Aug 2006, from Crystal Berig, First Presbyterian Church, Sheridan, WY, she stated:
NOTE: I was able to look through the first membership book of First Presbyterian Church (which begins with member #1 in 1905) this morning and I did not find any of your folks in the membership. While I can certainly verify that M DeWitt Long was the Pastor at First Presbyterian, that's about all I can do. He may very well have performed the O'Brien / Christensen wedding, but the church only keeps records of members who were married, not necessarily every wedding the pastor performs. It may be that they were members elsewhere and for some reason wanted Long to marry them or maybe they weren't really church-goers and just liked the FPC building... who knows? I wish I could have found them for you.
NOTE: Records she checked for were to have been (but not sure she checked for the actual record): Marriage Ellery Foster to Maud McClure 24 Dec 1896, Marriage Raymond O'Brien to Carrie Christensen 5 Mar 1908, Marriage Chris Christensen to Vinnie Foster about 1904, Baptism Harold O'Brien born 17 Jun 1910, Death Inez Foster died 11 Oct 1900, Death Chris Christensen died 19 Jan 1942, Death Vinnie Christensen died 15 Feb 1961. None of these records were found, or at least she checked to see if they were members, this is unclear.MILITARY: Found Ancestry.com, Library Edition, World War I Draft Registrations:
Chris Christensen, serial #1935, order #462, address E3 Keenan Apts, Sheridan, Sheridan County, Wyo [Wyoming], age 37, born July 22, 1879, white, citizen by father's naturalization, occupation manager New York Store, Stevens Fryberger & Co, place of employment 35 N Main, Sheridan, Sheridan County, Wyo [Wyoming], nearest relative Vinnie Christensen, address E3 Keenan Apts, Sheridan, Sheridan County, Wyo [Wyoming], signed Chris Christensen, dated Sept 12, 1918, Local Board for County of Sheridan, State of Wyoming, Sheridan, Wyo [Wyoming].
NOTE: The date of this registration is difficult to read, but the form matches those used for Sept 12, 1918.
NOTE: Image saved.DEEDS: Various notes on deed indexes, Chris and Vinnie Christensen, Hardin, Big Horn Co, MT, including lots that they owned in Wyola, Big Horn Co, MT, includes maps showing those lots. More review of these indexes may indicate if any of the records include the "cabin" property listed in the probate records of Chris Christensen [see below].
DEED: O-DEE-0018DIRECTORY: City Directory; 1907; R L Polk & Co's Sheridan City and Sheridan Co Directory, Wyoming 1907; pp 84; Sheridan Co Fulmer Public Library, Sheridan, WY;
NOTE: Christensen, Carrie, clk C B & Q Ry Co, r 122 Heald.
NOTE: Christensen, Chris, clk C B & Q Ry Co, r 122 Heald.
NOTE: Chris and his sister Carrie are living at the same address.
DIRECTORY: O-DIR-0001DIRECTORY: City Directory; 1908-09; R L Polk & Co's Sheridan City and Sheridan Co Directory, Wyoming 1908-09; p 65; Sheridan Co Fulmer Public Library, Sheridan, WY;
NOTE: Christensen, Chris, solr Sheridan Post, r 440 W Brundage.
NOTE: solr = solicitor
DIRECTORY: O-DIR-0002DIRECTORY: City Directory; 1910-11; R L Polk & Co's Sheridan City and Sheridan Co Directory, Wyoming 1910-11; p 65; Sheridan Co Fulmer Public Library, Sheridan, WY;
NOTE: Christensen, Chris, solr Sher Enterprise, r 440 W Brundage.
NOTE: solr = solicitor
DIRECTORY: O-DIR-0003DIRECTORY: City Directory; 1915; R L Polk & Co's Sheridan City and Sheridan Co Directory, Wyoming 1915; p 59; Sheridan Co Fulmer Public Library, Sheridan, WY;
NOTE: Christensen, Chris, bkpr New York Store, r 440 W Brundage.
DIRECTORY: O-DIR-0004DIRECTORY: City Directory; 1916-17; R L Polk & Co's Sheridan City and Sheridan Co Directory, Wyoming 1916-17; p 57; Sheridan Co Fulmer Public Library, Sheridan, WY;
NOTE: Christensen, Chris, with N Y Store, r 440 W Brundage.
DIRECTORY: O-DIR-0005DIRECTORY: City Directory; 1919; R L Polk & Co's Sheridan City and Sheridan Co Directory, Wyoming 1919; p 50; Sheridan Co Fulmer Public Library, Sheridan, WY;
NOTE: Christensen, Christ mngr The New York Store, r Keenan apts.
DIRECTORY: O-DIR-0006HISTORY: On a personal visit to Hardin, Big Horn Co, MT, staying overnight at the Historic Hotel Becker, saw a copy of the book "One Hundred Years Under the Big Sky in Montana 1864-1964," O'Neil Printers, MT, no publication information, no date, no page numbers. This publication contains a photograph of the Wyola Mercantile, but no date for the photograph was noted and no page number. No copy was made of this as no copy machine was available and no photograph was taken of it with a camera.
HISTORY: O-HIS-0029.WILL: Will of Chris Christensen; written 10 Jun 1941, probated 16 Feb 1942; Clerk of District Court, Hardin, Big Horn Co, MT; Wills 1941, unknown references; Clerk of District Court, Hardin, Big Horn Co, MT;
NOTE: Will written 10 Jun 1941, bequeathing all to wife, Vinnie Christensen, probate states Chris Christensen died 14 Jan 1942, Crofton, NE, personal property included Lots 15-18, Block 15, Wyola, Big Horn Co, MT, valued at approximately $4100, subject to Mortgage of approximately $1500, fixtures valued at $1300. Goods, wares, and merchandise valued at $3,373.15, accounts receivable, approximately $3500. And a cabin "in the Little Horn Canyon" valued at approximately $1500. Heirs Mrs Vinnie Christensen, wife, adult, Wyola, MT, Mrs Carrie O'Brien, sister, adult, Flint, MI, Mrs Howard DeWitt, half-sister, adult, 623 Roosevelt Avenue, Council Bluffs, IA. Probated 16 Feb 1942, documents states "after the payment of creditor's claims and costs of administration there is nothing left. The accounts receivable were appraised at $5,000, while only some $893.67 [?] was collected, which left this estate in a hopelessly bankrupt condition. The accounts receivable will be distributed to the widow herein, but whether she will realize anything from them is doubtful."
PROBATE: O-CTP-0013DEATH: Civil death record; 1942; Nebraska State Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Lincoln, NE; #N12125; Nebraska State Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Lincoln, NE;
State of Nebraska, Bureau of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death, place of death Knox County, city Crofton, Chris Christensen, residence Wyola, Montana.
Personal and Statistical Particulars:
Male, White, Married, born July 22, 1879, age 62 years 5 months 22 days, occupation merchant, birthplace Denmark, name of father Luther Christensen, birthplace of father Denmark, maiden name of mother Christina Jensen, birthplace of mother Denmark, [body] removal to Sheridan, Wyo, undertaker G O Whistler, Crofton, Nebr, filed 1-14, 1942, L S Ross.
Medical Certificate of Death:
Died Jan 14, 1942, I certify that I attended the deceased from Dec 29, 1941 to Jan 14, 1942 and last saw him alive on Jan 14, 1942, death is said to have occurred on date above at 12:30pm, cause of death cardiovascular-renal hypertensive disease, date of onset unknown, contributory cause of death epilepsy, date of onset unknown, signed P D Baker, DO [doctor of osteopathic medicine], Crofton, Nebr.
NOTE: The birthdate of 22 Jul 1879 listed on death certificate is correct, but the age is off by one day as the age at death of 62 years 5 months 22 days calculates to born 23 Jul 1879.
NOTE: The names of his parents in this record are incorrect.
DEATH: O-CVD-0011DEATH: In a letter to Patricia Hellmers from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 30 Sep 1973, she stated the following: Chris went to some quack doctor in Crofton where he died under peculiar circumstances. He was buried in Sheridan because that is where he and Vinnie had been living.
COMPILED: O-COM-0090HISTORY:
NOTE: In an email dated 4 Aug 2006 from Judy Carlson < glover@bloomnet.com > request sent to Knox Co, NE, USGenWeb, to Peg Ebel < psebel@gpcom.net > and, Jacquelyn Romberg < gromberg@wyoming.com >, but response from Judy Carlson.
Judy sent the following report about the Meridian Sanitarium in Crofton, NE:Your request was passed to me. There was a Meridian Sanitarium in Crofton. Many people died while there. It was a sanitarium that claimed to have healing secrets. Many people who were already terminal came there, some from long distances, with the hope of being healed of their ailments. Unfortunately many were terminal when they came, so many died. It is now a restored hotel and restaurant. The basement was refurnished about 5 years ago, and now many ghost sightings have taken place. The story goes that the operators of the Sanitarium didn't want the public to know how many people actually died there because it would give the place a bad name, so they would take the bodies to the basement and keep them there until they could be carried out at night and placed on a train to where ever. The basement is where most of the sightings are.
She further stated: Here is what the Crofton History Book says:
ARGO HOTEL/NEW MERIDIAN SANATORIUM
Construction of a brick hotel was started in the fall of 1911. It was known as the Argo Hotel, and Nick Michaelis was the proprietor. Mr. E.A. Hoig purchased the Argo Hotel in 1923 and managed it for many years under the name of The New Meridian Hotel. In 1935 Joseph and Maria Wiebelhaus purchased the hotel and remodeled it into a health clinic and named it The New Meridian Sanatorium. Patients came from near and far to be treated in this facility with board and room offered to everyone. The first medical advisor, Dr. Paul Baker, was hired in 1943. At its peak, 42 people were employed to care for the patients. After 27 years at this location, the building was sold to Mr. Keith Everton in 1962. Dr. Charles Swift bought it the same year. He lived there and maintained his medical practice there for many years. About 12 years ago, Jerry Bogner and his sister Sandra McDonald bought the run down building that had stood empty and restored it into the beautiful Argo Hotel, currently under ownership and management of Sandra McDonald. It features hotel lodging and some of the finest dinning in Northeast Nebraska.
Hope this info helps you. Judy CarlsonOBITUARY: Obituary Chris Christensen; 1942; SHERIDAN PRESS, Sheridan, WY; 16 Jan 1942, p 1, c 8; Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library, Sheridan, WY;
NOTE: Prominent Wyola, Mont, business man was Chris Christensen, 62, shown below [photo], who died January 14 in Crawford, Neb. A Masonic funeral service will be held Monday at 2 p m from, 19 Jan, from the Champion Drawing Room.
NOTE: The death record states he died in Crofton, NE, which is apparently correct. His obituary states he died in Crawford, NE.
NOTE: Monday in this record refers to January 19. The photocopy of this obituary contains a very poor photograph of Chris Christensen, but it is a portrait-type picture and he is wearing a light-colored shirt, a tie, and a suit jacket, he is perhaps middle-aged.
OBITUARY: O-OBT-0032OBITUARY: Obituary Chris Christensen; 1942; HARDIN TRIBUNE HERALD, Hardin MT; 22 Jan 1942; Big Horn Co Genealogical Society, Hardin MT;
LAST RITES HELD MONDAY. Long Time Resident Of Wyola Succumbs At Crawford, Nebr.
Masonic funeral services were held Monday afternoon in Sheridan for Chris Christensen, 62, prominent Wyola merchant who died last week in the Meridian sanitarium at Crawford, Nebr. He had been in ill health for some time, but continued to operate the Wyola Mercantile company, his business there since 1919. He had been a patient at the Nebraska sanitarum [sic] only several weeks. Mr Christensen was born in Denmark and was brought to the United States at the age of one year. After graduating from Hastings college, he came to Sheridan, Wyo, and was employed in the engineering department of the Burlington railroad. While a resident of Sheridan he was also credit manager of a department store and was associated with a newspaper there. Surviving are his widow, Mrs Vinnie Christensen; a sister, Mrs Carrie O'Brien, and two nephews, Harold O'Brien of Flint, Mich, and Herbert Reed, and a half-sister, Mrs Howard DeWitt of Council Bluffs, Ia. Mr Christensen was deeply concerned with every project that wuold [sic] improve conditions in his community and was well known throughout southern Montana and northern Wyom.
NOTE: Herbert Reed, mentioned in this obituary, was apparently a relative of his wife's, see her notes where a Thelma Reed of Seattle is mentioned in the obituary of her brother, Ellery Foster.
OBITUARY: O-OBT-0047FUNERAL: Record of funeral Chris Christensen; 1942; Champion Funeral Home, Sheridan WY; page 256, 11th burial January 1942; Champion Funeral Home, Sheridan WY;
NOTE: Chris Christensen resides Wyola MT for 22 years, wife Vinnie, charge to estate, occupation general store merchant, self employed, died 14 Jan 1942 Crofton NE, born 22 Jul 1879 Denmark, age 65 years 5 months 22 days, funeral 19 Jan 1942, 2 pm, Sheridan Lodge #8 AF & AM, cause of death cardiovascular, renal disease, PD Baker, DO [doctor of osteopathic medicine], Crofton NE, father Lauritz Christensen born Denmark, mother Sophia Fisher born Denmark, buried Sheridan Municipal Cemetery, Masonic Circle.
MORTUARY: O-MOR-0001BURIAL: Per funeral record, buried Sheridan Municipal Cemetery, [Sheridan, Sheridan, WY].
CENSUS:
1880 - Denmark - Listed with parents.
1900 - Listed with parents.
1910 - T624_1747, 2-Wd Sheridan, Sheridan Co, WY, ED 104, line 43, page 176A (3A or 5A), 16th & 18th Apr 1910
[Ancestry.com, image 5 of 46]
NOTE: Address 440 West Brundage [?] Street
Christiansen, Chris, head, male, white, age 31, married once 5 years, born NE, parents born Sweden, bookkeeper, Post Prentice [?] Co
Christiansen, Vinnie, wife, female, white, age 24, married once 5 years, 0 children, 0 living, born WY, parents born unknown [crossed out and US written above]
Trudel, Casselda M, roomer, female, white, age 20, single, born NH, parents born Canada, photographer, studio
Heedt, Frederick C, roomer, male, white, age 23, single, born Germany, parents born Germany, cigar man, _____ [difficult to read]
1920 - T625_967, Wyola, Big Horn Co, MT, ED 5, line 3, page 35A (165A), Feb 1920 [no day given]
[Ancestry.com, image 9 of 11]
NOTE: Wyola Crow Indian Reservation, School District 29, no street address
Christensen, Chris, head, male, white, age 40, married, 1881, Na, 1885, born Denmark, parents born Denmark, merchant, general mdse store
Christensen, Vinnie, wife, female, white, age 33, married, born WY, father born MO, mother born ID1930 - T626_2624, Sheridan Twp, Sheridan Co, WY, ED 4, line 2, page 17A (151A), 17 Apr 1930
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NOTE: Address 24 S. Gould Street, Foster House, Wd 4. There are 4 other people besides the Christensen's living in this Foster House on page 17A. On the previous page at the bottom are found an Ellery D Foster and wife and 9 other individuals living in this same Foster House. This is apparently the "brother" of Vinnie Christensen. It is believed that she was adopted, so it is unclear whether or not this is a "real" brother or not. See notes in her PAF regarding other census data.[line 90, pg 16B] Foster, Ellery D, head, $50,000, male, white, age 55, first married age 21, born ID, father born OH, mother born IN, hotel man, Foster House
Foster, Maude G, wife, female, white, age 52, first married age 18, born IL, parents born IL [crossed out and IN written above]
[9 lodgers are listed next]
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[line 1], Logan, Thelma F, daughter, female, white, age 27, D [div], first married age 23, born WY, father born ID, mother born IL
[line 2]
Christensen, Chris, brother-in-law, male, white, age 50, first married age 24, born Denmark, parents born Denmark, 1881 [or 1880 or 1882, immigrated], yes [naturalized], merchant, general store
Christensen, Vinnie, sister, female, white, age 44, first married age 18, born WY, parents born unknown [crossed out and US written above]NOTE: For further consideration, the above Ellery D Foster is found in the 1920 census in Sheridan, Sheridan Co, WY, age 45, born ID, ED 109, page 24A, wife Maude, daughter Thelma. And, in 1910, living with his father, Thomas J Foster, 4-Wd Sheridan, Sheridan Co, WY, page 211, as Ellory D, wife Maude, daughter Thelma.
BIRTH: Vinnie was adopted by Thomas and Alice Foster and she is living with them by the 1900 census. They also adopted another child named Inez. They may have been "real" sisters as census records indicate they were both born in WY father born Sweden, mother born IA. In the cemetery record of Inez she is listed as Inez M Cray [actually McCray] Foster, so there may be some connection with the name Cray.
NOTE: Vinnie's birth date is from her funeral record, 6 Jul 1886 and her birth place is from census records. However, the 1900 census gives her birth date as Feb 1886.RESEARCH: In an email dated 6 Sep 2006, from Karen Woinoski, Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library, Sheridan, WY, she stated:
Subject: Foster girlsPat,
By a rather circuitous route your request for information on the two little girls adopted by Thomas Jefferson Foster and Alice Davidson has come to the Wyoming Room at the Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library. I am afraid we don't really have the full story yet, but let me share what I have uncovered so far.
The cemetery record from Mount Hope Cemetery here in Sheridan that you referenced is a photocopy of the original record. Although we have an earlier generation of that copy, our copy is pretty much unreadable too, so I went to the original record and the heading there is "Inez McCray-Foster." This put me on a search for McCrays in the area and surprisingly enough I discovered two additional McCray girls on the 1900 Johnson County census. Rassie/Rossie, 16, and Martha, 15, were living in the household of Hugh and Mary Dalzell (Step daughters).
I did locate a birth announcement in the Big Horn Sentinel, p.2 column 2, April 9, 1887, of the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. A. J. McCray "last Wednesday" (April 6). Unfortunately, we are missing the issues from February 1 until sometime in September 1886, so I can't check for a comparable mention of Vinnie's birth.
I do not know at this point if the four girls were sisters, cousins, no relation. So far the only McCrays I find in Johnson County are A. J. and wife Vinnie. A. J. McCray and Charles Buell started the Occidental Hotel. Mr. Buell sold his interest to the McCrays around 1886. The McCrays continued running the hotel until June 1890 when they sold it.
I have turned all this info over to Nancy Jennings at the Johnson County Library to run another check through Johnson County, so we shall see what else turns up. So far I have turned up nothing after 1890 of A. J. and wife Vinnie or before 1881 when one article says he came to Buffalo. I did discover that in 1887 when his daughter was born he was serving as one of three county commissioners of Johnson County, so I would think anything involving him would be covered in Buffalo newspapers.
KarenKaren Woinoski
Wyoming Room Manager
Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library
335 West Alger
Sheridan, WY 82801
307 674-8585 ext.7NOTE: This email may indicate that the parents of Vinnie Foster were the same as Inez Foster, listed in the birth announcement as Mr. and Mrs. A. J. McCray. This birth apparently took place in Johnson Co, WY, reported in the Big Horn Sentinel newspaper. More research is needed, as of 9/7/2006.
NOTE: The following marriage found at FamilySearch.org:
ALVIN J. MCCRAY
Spouse: VINNIE M. KEELER
Marriage: 28 FEB 1886, Johnson, Wyoming
Messages: Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date.NOTE: There are no listings in any census records on HeritageQuest.com for the last name McCray, born Sweden. There are no listings for an Alvin McCray born anywhere. There are no listings for an A McCray born anywhere that would seem to match.
NOTE: There is no Alvin McCray in the 1880 census at FamilySearch.org, there is an Elvin McCree born 1869, AL. Possible is an A J Mc Kay, age 29, born NY, school teacher, father born NY, mother born WI, living in Buffalo, Carbon Co, WY. There is no Inez or Vinnie McCray in FamilySearch.org birth records that matches their birth dates.
RESEARCH: As o 8/2006, there is ongoing research regarding the possibility of A. J. McCray and his wife, Vinnie, being the possible parents of Vinnie Foster.
MARRIAGE: On a personal visit to Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library, Sheridan, WY, Jul 2003, no marriage was found in their records for Chris Christensen and Vinnie Foster. The marriage of Vinnie's brother was found, see his notes. These records are also online at:
< http://www.rootsweb.com/~wysherid/marriages/marriages1.htm >.MARRIAGE: In an email dated 4 Aug 2006, from Crystal Berig, First Presbyterian Church, Sheridan, WY, she stated:
NOTE: I was able to look through the first membership book of First Presbyterian Church (which begins with member #1 in 1905) this morning and I did not find any of your folks in the membership. While I can certainly verify that M DeWitt Long was the Pastor at First Presbyterian, that's about all I can do. He may very well have performed the O'Brien / Christensen wedding, but the church only keeps records of members who were married, not necessarily every wedding the pastor performs. It may be that they were members elsewhere and for some reason wanted Long to marry them or maybe they weren't really church-goers and just liked the FPC building... who knows? I wish I could have found them for you.NOTE: Per an email dated 7 Aug 2006, from Jane Rader < jbrader@bresnan.net > a Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) researcher, Sheridan, WY, she stated:
Pat, I did not have luck finding a marriage record for Christen Christensen and Vinnie Foster. We only have indexes but I did find a marriage that was a bit similar of a Chris Christenson to Julia A. Joy on May 28th 1904. Jane.MARRIAGE: In an email dated 4 Aug 2006, from Crystal Berig, First Presbyterian Church, Sheridan, WY, she stated:
NOTE: I was able to look through the first membership book of First Presbyterian Church (which begins with member #1 in 1905) and I did not find any of your folks in the membership. I wish I could have found them for you.
NOTE: Records she checked for were to have been (but not sure she checked for the actual record): Marriage Ellery Foster to Maud McClure 24 Dec 1896, Marriage Raymond O'Brien to Carrie Christensen 5 Mar 1908, Marriage Chris Christensen to Vinnie Foster about 1904, Baptism Harold O'Brien born 17 Jun 1910, Death Inez Foster died 11 Oct 1900, Death Chris Christensen died 19 Jan 1942, Death Vinnie Christensen died 15 Feb 1961. None of these records were found, or at least she checked to see if they were members, this is unclear.DEATH: Date and place per funeral record. She was not found in SSDI.
OBITUARY: Obituary Vinnie Christensen; 1961; SHERIDAN PRESS, Sheridan WY; 15 Feb 1961, p 2, c 7; Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library, Sheridan WY;
NOTE: Rites for Matron will be Friday. Funeral services will be Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from Stevens Memorial Chapel for Mrs Vinnie Christens, 75, a Sheridan resident for several years, who died at the Reimelt Nursing Home this morning. A Christian Science service will be read. She is survived by a sister-in-law, Mrs Carrie O'Brien, Standish Mich. Burial will be in the Sheridan Municipal Cemetery.
Funeral Notice: 16 Feb 1961, p 2, col 1. Christensen, Mrs Vinnie - services Friday 1:30 pm from Stevens Memorial chapel, Stevens Memorial Chapel, Ph OR4 6329, formerly Reed Mortuary [now Ferries Funeral Home].
OBITUARY: O-OBT-0048FUNERAL: Record of Funeral Vinnie Christensen; 1961; Ferries Funeral Home, Sheridan WY; total #60, yearly #9, date of entry 16 Feb 1961; Ferries Funeral Home, Sheridan WY;
NOTE: Vinnie Christensen, housewife, resident Reimelt Nursing Home died 15 Feb 1961, born 6 Jul 1886, services at Stevens Memorial Chapel, Clergyman Mrs Pauline Kamerzell, religion Christian Science, resided in state 30 years, physician Dr Pete Sch_____, birthplace unknown, parents' names and birthplaces unknown, funeral 17 Feb 1961, 1:30 pm, cemetery Sheridan Municipal, Masonic Circle, husband Chris, cost $355.14, charge to estate, order given by welfare.
MORTUARY: O-MOR-0002BURIAL: Per funeral record, buried in the Masonic Circle of Sheridan Municipal Cemetery, [Sheridan, Sheridan, WY].
CENSUS:
1900 - T623_1827 - Sheridan City, Sheridan Co, WY, ED 48, line 11, page 5A (246A), 5 Jun 1900
[Ancestry.com, image 9 of 32]
NOTE: Side of sheet says Gould Street
Foster, Alice D, head, female, white, born Mar 1855, age 45, married 26 years, 1 child, 1 living, born IA, father born OH, mother born IN
Foster, Vinnie, adopted daughter, female, white, born Feb 1886, age 14, single, born WY, father born Sweden, mother born IA, at school
Foster, Ines, adopted D, female, white, born Apr 1887, age 13, single, born WY, father born Sweden, mother born IA
12. Anna "Annie" Kirstine Christensen
BIRTH: Birth Record Card, [no first name] Christiansen; 1882; Birth Record Cards, Omaha, NE, Library and Archives Center, Historical Society of Douglas County, Omaha, NE; 29 Jan 1882; Library and Archives Center, Historical Society of Douglas County, Omaha, NE;
NOTE: [no first name] Christiansen, female, born 29 Jan 1882, father Lauritz Christensen and Mrs Christensen, address S 16th St.
BIRTH: O-CVB-0013BAPTISM: Church baptism Anne Kirstine Christensen; 1882; Vor Frelsers Dansk Evangelisk Luthersk Kirke (Our Saviors Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church), renamed about 1964 to Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Omaha, NE; 22 Oct 1882, Bk II, pg 28, #65; Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Omaha, NE;
NOTE: Anne Kirstine Christensen, born 29 Jan 1882, baptized 22 Oct 1882, parents Lauritz Christensen, Sophie of Omaha, witnesses Cathrine Nielsen, Jacob Jacobsen, baptized at home.
NOTE: It is unknown who Cathrine Nielsen was. Perhaps she was related to her mother in some way. Perhaps her mother's sister, Mette Cathrine Nielsen. It is not known if this sister came to the United States or not.
BAPTISM: O-CHB-0001CONFIRMATION: No confirmation record was found for Anna Christensen, on a personal visit to the Omaha, Nebraska, October 16-20, 1994, where the records of the following Church were checked: Vor Frelsers Dansk Evangelisk Luthersk Kirke (Our Saviors Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church), renamed about 1964 to Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church.
EDUCATION:
NOTE: Letter dated about 19 Dec 1981, from Registrar, Hastings College, Hastings, NE, stated they could not find any records on Carrie or Karen Christensen or Anna or Annie Christensen. [Letter discarded 3/2004.]DEATH: Civil death record; 1906; Omaha-Douglas County Health Department, Division of Vital Statistics, Omaha NE;; Omaha-Douglas County Health Department, Division of Vital Statistics, Omaha NE;
NOTE: Omaha-Douglas County Health Department, Division of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death, Federal Security Agency, United States Public Health Service, card ref [reference], place of death Douglas county, city Omaha, Immanuel Hosp, name Anna Christensen, female, white, single, born 1882, age 24, birthplace Omaha, father's name Lars Christense, father's birthplace Denmark, mother's name Sophie Fisher, mother's birthplace Denmark, burial 11-11-1906, Laurel Hill Cem, funeral director N P Swanson, date received local register prior to 12-31-1906, usual residence of deceased Nebraska, Douglas county, Omaha city, 1469 Phelps, date of death Nov 6, 1906, cause of death heart lesion, secondary kidney lesion, signature A C Hull [MD].
DEATH: O-CVD-0009Church death Anna Christensen; 1906; Vor Frelsers Dansk Evangelisk Luthersk Kirke (Our Saviors Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church), renamed about 1964 to Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Omaha, NE; died 6 Nov 1906, buried 11 Nov 1906, Bk III, pg 129, #17; Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Omaha, NE;
NOTE: Anna Christensen, 24 years, born Omaha, Neb, died Omaha 6 Nov 1906, buried in South Omaha Kirkegaard [Cemetery] on 11 Nov 1906;
NOTE: Danish word for cemetery is kirkegaard.
DEATH: O-CHD-0002OBITUARY: Personal visit to the Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Douglas, NE, on 25 Mar 1982, checked newspapers for an obituary for Anine Christensen from 6 Nov 1906 to 10 Nov 1906, and none was found, not many were listed and irregular pattern for location in newspaper.
BURIAL: Burial Annie Christensen; 1906; Laurel Hill Cemetery Burial Cards, Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Douglas, NE; died 6 Nov 1906;
NOTE: Burial Card #59 Annie Christensen, 24 yrs, B6 [block 6] R12 [row 12] G20 [grave 20], 11 Nov 1906, stone: daughter of L & S Christensen, 29 Jan 1882, 6 Nov 1906;
NOTE: This information agrees with a personal reading of the tombstone in Sep 1982, transcribed for this file.
BURIAL: O-CMR-0034BURIAL: Found on the internet at FindAGrave.com:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=christensen&GScid=100886&GRid=7072743&pt=Annie%20Christensen&.
Annie Christensen
Birth: Jan. 29, 1882
Death: Nov. 6, 1906
Inscription: Daughter of L & S Christensen b. 26 Jan 1882 d. 6 Nov 1906
Burial: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: Section 6, row 12, grave 20
Record added: Jan 11 2003
By: Betty Orme
NOTE: Includes a photograph of the tombstone submitted by Norm Hellmers.NOTE: The records of the Laurel Hill Cemetery at the Omaha Public Library, Omaha, NE, contain 2 reels of microfilm.
NOTE: Found on the internet at website: < http://www.rootsweb.com/~nedougla/html/cemlist.htm >.
"Laurel Hill Cemetery Records, Omaha, Nebraska, 1867-1990" (Polk St. & S. 21st)"
Compiled by Margie Sobotka (1990) Section 1: Alpha listing of name, burial location and burial date. Section 2: Douglas Co. Death Records 1876-1886 for those buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Entries in alpha. order and include name, age, date of death, burial date, residence, occupation, place of birth, length of illness, and cause of death. Section 3: Abstracts of obituaries from newspapers for some of those buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Arranged alphabetically. Wide range of dates. Information varies. Every name index for entire book.
NOTE: This website does not have actual burial listings.
BIRTH: Birth Record Card, [no first name] Christensen; 1884; Birth Record Cards, Omaha, NE, Library and Archives Center, Historical Society of Douglas County, Omaha, NE; 11 Feb 1884; Library and Archives Center, Historical Society of Douglas County, Omaha, NE;
NOTE: [no first name] Christensen, female, born 11 Feb 1884, father Lauritz Christensen, mother Mrs Christensen, address 16th and Hickory. [When we asked about researching the early birth records of Omaha, NE, we were told that the Historical Society had these records. It is not known if there is any other Civil Birth Record for this birth or what records were used to prepare these birth cards.]
NOTE: This is confusing as the birthdate of 11 Feb 1884, does not match death records which indicate that she was 6 months at the time of death. Perhaps she was six weeks old instead and that would better match this birth date. Since only her age seems to be in question, a decision has been made to enter her birth as 11 Feb 1884 and her death as 24 Mar 1884.
BIRTH: O-CVB-0013BAPTISM: No baptism was found for Sophie Christensen, born 11 Feb 1884, on a personal visit to the Omaha, Nebraska, October 16-20, 1994, where the records of the following Church were checked: Vor Frelsers Dansk Evangelisk Luthersk Kirke (Our Saviors Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church), renamed about 1964 to Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church.
MARRIAGE: Unmarried, died as an infant.
DEATH: No church death record found for Sophie Christensen, on a personal visit to the Omaha, Nebraska, October 16-20, 1994, where the records of the following Church were checked: Vor Frelsers Dansk Evangelisk Luthersk Kirke (Our Saviors Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church), renamed about 1964 to Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church.
DEATH: Civil death record; 1884, County Offices, Douglas Co, Omaha NE; died 24 Mar 1884; Public Library, Omaha NE, microfilm death records;
NOTE: Record lists only the last name, Christiansen, age 6 months, address 16 & Hickory, buried Prospect Hill [Cemetery, Omaha, NE], died of convulsions and supticaeium (sp?) [septicemia?]. Based on this information and data from the cemetery records, it is felt that this is Sophia Christensen, daughter of Lauritz and Sophia (Nielsen) Christensen. The record indicates that this child was a male, but this is believed to be a mistake, see burial record below.
NOTE: See comment regarding her age above in the birth information.
DEATH: O-CVD-0014NOTE: This death record found on the internet at USGenWeb, Douglas Co, NE, "Omaha Death Registry, Douglas Co, NE 1873-1886 at < http://www.rootsweb.com/~nedodge/omahadeathregister/ >.
Name: Christensen, Sophia
Age - Yrs: Months: 6 Days: Sex: M Race: W
Nativity: U.S. Occupation: Marital Status:
Residence: 16 & Hickory
Cause of Death: Convulsions
Date of Death: Mar. 24, 1884 Duration of Illness:
Former Residence: 16 & Hickory
Date of Interment: Mch. 25, 1884 Place of Interment: Prospect Hill
Notes: Luretz Christensen
NOTE: See comment regarding her age above in the birth information.
NOTE: The record indicates that this child was a male, but this is believed to be a mistake, see burial record below, see burial record below.BURIAL: Burial record Sophie Christensen; 1884; Prospect Hill Cemetery Burial Records From Earliest Known to Dec 31, 1975, The Greater Omaha Genealogical Society, 1977, Omaha, NE; printed index, unknown pg number, 25 Mar 1884, #4212; Omaha Public Library, Omaha, NE;
NOTE: Sophia Christensen, 25 Mar 1884, #4212, Lot 593, 1st Addition, 6 m, Lauretz Christensen, 593, 7E W-1/2 1st.
NOTE: The records of the Prospect Hill Cemetery at the Omaha Public Library, Omaha, NE, contain 18 reels of microfilm containing index to lot owners, interment register, miscellaneous disinterment permits, etc.
NOTE: Letter dated about 1992 from a volunteer regarding the Prospect Hill Cemetery records, she stated "no stone" in regard to the burial of Sophie Christensen.
This website has some information and photographs of the Prospect Hill Cemetery. Someone is currently photographing every stone, as of 3/2004, no Sophia Christensen photograph listed:
< http://www.steveandmarta.com/graveyards/prospect_hill/prospect_main.htm >.
NOTE: She is also listed in O-CMR-0034, which contains burials of Laurel Hill Cemetery, the entry is from Death Record Cards, Laurel Hill Burials, 1873-1907, [no first name] Christiansen, male [believed to be in error], died 24 Mar 1884, 6 mos, convulsions, address 16th and Hickory, buried 25 Mar 1884, Prospect Hill.
NOTE: See comment regarding her age above in the birth information.
BURIAL: O-CMR-0032NOTE: Found on the internet at website: < http://www.rootsweb.com/~nedougla/html/cemlist.htm >.
"Omaha's Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery: A History of Prospect Hill Cemetery with Biographical Notes on Over 1400 People Interred Therein"
By Louise Bloom Baumann, Charles W. Martin, S. Jane Simpson; (copyright 1990 Prospect Hill Cemetery Historical Development Foundation). Information on those buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery and some historical information about the cemetery. Entries arranged alphabetically by surname. Entries include the burial date and location and MAY include birthdate, marriage date, and biographical notes. Surname index.
NOTE: This website does not have actual cemetery listings.
14. [name unknown] Christensen
BIRTH - The possible existence of additional children in this family is based on the following:
NOTE: According to a letter from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 11 Jun 1973, there were 9 children born to Lauritz and Sophie Christensen and only Chris and Carrie survived into adulthood. And, in the 1900 census, Sophie is listed as having 8 children, 3 living. [Therefore, only 8 children are listed based on this census information.]
NOTE: The birthdate of this possible child is only estimated based on space in the family for other children.BAPTISM: No baptism was found for any of the unknown children of Lauritz Christensen and Sophie Nielsen, on a personal visit to the Omaha, Nebraska, October 16-20, 1994, where the records of the following Church were checked: Vor Frelsers Dansk Evangelisk Luthersk Kirke (Our Saviors Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church), renamed about 1964 to Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church.
MARRIAGE:
DEATH:
BURIAL:
LETTER: In a letter to Patricia Hellmers from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 30 Sep 1973, she stated the following: I have Dad's death recorded in our family Bible, Aug 14, 1938. Yes, he is buried in Westlawn, in Omaha. His other wives and children are buried in Laurel Hill.
LETTER: O-COM-0090NOTE: According to information about Laurel Hill Cemetery, the records were destroyed by fire in 1910 and an attempt has been made to reconstruct burials there. The following website gives some information regarding that: < http://www.steveandmarta.com/graveyards/laurel_hill/laurel_1.htm >:
According to the Greater Omaha Genealogical Society book, "Graveyards of Douglas County," the cemetery was begun in 1866 by Christian Sautter on his farm in South Omaha. Mrs. Sautter gave the cemetery to the lot owners in 1936. All the early records were destroyed by fire in 1910. Mr. Sautter attempted to reconstruct the records from memory. Helen Zentz, the past-President of the Laurel Hill Cemetery Association, was working to put together a card file of all extant records in the 1970's-80's. These were eventually collected into book form in 1990 by Margie Sobotka, called, appropriately enough, "The Laurel Hill Cemetery Book." At this time the book is out-of-print, but if there is enough demand it's possible they might do another printing. The Omaha Public Library Main Branch has all the known records on microfilm, as well as a copy of the book.
NOTE: The Omaha Public Library website has the following information:
< http://www.rootsweb.com/~nedougla/html/cemlist.htm >.
"Laurel Hill Cemetery Records, Omaha, Nebraska, 1867-1990" (Polk St. & S. 21st)
Compiled by Margie Sobotka (1990) Section 1: Alpha listing of name, burial location and burial date. Section 2: Douglas Co. Death Records 1876-1886 for those buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Entries in alpha. order and include name, age, date of death, burial date, residence, occupation, place of birth, length of illness, and cause of death. Section 3: Abstracts of obituaries from newspapers for some of those buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Arranged alphabetically. Wide range of dates. Information varies. Every name index for entire book.
16. Twin with Carrie Christensen
BIRTH:
BAPTISM: No baptism was found for a twin of Karen Christensen, born 11 Mar 1888, on a personal visit to the Omaha, Nebraska, October 16-20, 1994, where the records of the following Church were checked: Vor Frelsers Dansk Evangelisk Luthersk Kirke (Our Saviors Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church), renamed about 1964 to Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church.
LETTER: In a letter to Patricia Hellmers from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 11 Jun 1973, she stated the following: "Carrie had a twin sister who died shortly after birth, Annie was 21 and in college when she died, then there was Chris, besides these there were six other children who died, nine children by this marriage." Karen Christensen changed her name to Carrie because as I "she didn't like her name." [More data in letter.]
LETTER: O-COM-0090BIRTH:
NOTE: A letter dated 15 Nov 1971 and another letter dated 23 Apr 1973 and 19 Dec 1981, from the Omaha-Douglas County Health Department, Omaha, NE, stated that they searched their files and did not locate a birth record of Carrie, Caroline, or Carolyn Christensen, etc. They further stated that births in the 1800s and early 1900s were very incomplete. [Letters discarded 3/2004, only this transcription note kept.]
NOTE: Tradition, from Carrie (Christensen) O'Brien was that Carrie had a twin that died. The above letter dated 19 Dec 1981 also searched for this twin birth, but none was found.MARRIAGE: Unmarried, died as an infant.
DEATH:
BURIAL:
LETTER: In a letter to Patricia Hellmers from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 30 Sep 1973, she stated the following: I have Dad's death recorded in our family Bible, Aug 14, 1938. Yes, he is buried in Westlawn, in Omaha. His other wives and children are buried in Laurel Hill. [See Christensen child estimated birth 1886 for additional information on Laurel Hill Cemetery.]
LETTER: O-COM-0090
17. [name unknown] Christensen
BIRTH - The possible existence of additional children in this family is based on the following:
NOTE: According to a letter from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 11 Jun 1973, there were 9 children born to Lauritz and Sophie Christensen and only Chris and Carrie survived into adulthood. And, in the 1900 census, Sophie is listed as having 8 children, 3 living. [Therefore, only 8 children are listed based on this census information.]
NOTE: The birthdate of this possible child is only estimated based on space in the family for other children.BAPTISM: No baptism was found for any of the unknown children of Lauritz Christensen and Sophie Nielsen, on a personal visit to the Omaha, Nebraska, October 16-20, 1994, where the records of the following Church were checked: Vor Frelsers Dansk Evangelisk Luthersk Kirke (Our Saviors Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church), renamed about 1964 to Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church.
MARRIAGE:
DEATH:
BURIAL:
LETTER: In a letter to Patricia Hellmers from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 30 Sep 1973, she stated the following: I have Dad's death recorded in our family Bible, Aug 14, 1938. Yes, he is buried in Westlawn, in Omaha. His other wives and children are buried in Laurel Hill. [See Christensen child estimated birth 1886 for additional information on Laurel Hill Cemetery.]
18. [name unknown] Christensen
BIRTH - The possible existence of additional children in this family is based on the following:
NOTE: According to a letter from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 11 Jun 1973, there were 9 children born to Lauritz and Sophie Christensen and only Chris and Carrie survived into adulthood. And, in the 1900 census, Sophie is listed as having 8 children, 3 living. [Therefore, only 8 children are listed based on this census information.]
NOTE: The birthdate of this possible child is only estimated based on space in the family for other children.BAPTISM: No baptism was found for any of the unknown children of Lauritz Christensen and Sophie Nielsen, on a personal visit to the Omaha, Nebraska, October 16-20, 1994, where the records of the following Church were checked: Vor Frelsers Dansk Evangelisk Luthersk Kirke (Our Saviors Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church), renamed about 1964 to Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church.
MARRIAGE:
DEATH:
BURIAL:
LETTER: In a letter to Patricia Hellmers from Anne Christensen DeWitt dated 30 Sep 1973, she stated the following: I have Dad's death recorded in our family Bible, Aug 14, 1938. Yes, he is buried in Westlawn, in Omaha. His other wives and children are buried in Laurel Hill. [See Christensen child estimated birth 1886 for additional information on Laurel Hill Cemetery.]
LETTER: O-COM-0090
NOTE: Found on the internet, a website in Denmark [.dk], regarding this family:
< http://www.dyrstad.ougtvig.dk/ >. Instructions: click on "Bente's aner", then click on the letter "J" in the line titled "Efternavne," then on "Jensdatter," then on Ane Kirstine (1832-1893), this brings up the family of Niels Sorensen Fischer and Ane Kirstine Jensdatter, follow the links to other individuals.FISCHER Ane Kirstine Nielsdatter
Birth : 25 January 1855 in Overby As Bjerre
Baptism : 18 March 1855 in As Kirke
Fadd.(ere) pige Ane Kirstine Rasmusdatter i Overby
ungkarl Søren Jensen i Vesterbye
Do Peter Rasmussen i Aastrup
Do Jens Peter Jørgensen, Overby
Do Wilhelm Sørensen i Kirkholm
kilde: As sogn kirkebog
Death :
Father : FISCHER Niels Sørensen ( 1818 - 1885 )
Mother : JENSDATTER Ane Kirstine ( 1832 - 1893 )
Union : FISCHER Jens ( 1854 - ? )
Marriage : 1884Children :
FISCHER Carrie ( 1891 - ? )
FISCHER Hertha ( 1894 - ? )
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NOTE: fadd.(ere)=godfather, godmother, pige=girl, ungkarl=bachelor, Do=ditto, kilde=source, kirke=church
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTE: There is a different person's website in Denmark about this same family at the following website:
< http://fredenslyst.dk/GEDHTanc/fam067xx/fam06761.htm >.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BIRTH-BAPTISM: Church baptism; 1853-1879; Church records from As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark; born 25 Jan 1855, baptized 18 Mar 1855, pg 55, #1; FHL microfilm #0053392;
NOTE: Ane Kirstine Nielsdatter, born 25 Jan 1855, church baptism 18 Mar 1855, in As, parents Niels Sørensen Fischer and Ane Kirstine Jensdatter. [Contains other information in Danish.]
!NOTE: This record found at a website in Denmark that has online church records. The website address is:
< http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark, image 49, pg 55, #1.
COMPILED: O-COM-0085bCONFIRMATION: Church confirmation; 1853-1879; Church records from As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark; born 25 Jan 1855, confirmed Easter 1869 [28 Mar 1869], pg 135, #7; FHL microfilm #0053392;
NOTE: Ane Kirstine Nielsdatter in Overby, born 25 Jan 1855 in Overby, confirmed Easter 1869 [28 Mar 1869], in As, parents Niels Sørensen (Fisker) and Ane Kirstine Jensdatter. [Contains other information in Danish.]
!NOTE: This record found at a website in Denmark that has online church records. The website address is:
< http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark, image 109, pg 135, #7.
COMPILED: O-COM-0085k
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NOTE: According to the 1900 and 1910 censuses, she immigrated in 1884 (see husband's notes). She was not found at The Danish Emigration Archives, using variables of Nielsen, Vejle County, Omaha, Nebraska, 1883 or 1884, looking for someone born about 1855. There were 3 entries for Fischer, came 1883, and 3 entries Fischer, came 1884. There are 209 entries for Fischer, only one going to Nebraska, Jens Karl Fischer, age 26. Checked those whose last residence was Vejle and none seemed close. There were 628 Nielsen entries, came 1883, no match. There are 544 Nielsen entries, came 1884, no match. The website of the Danish Emigration Archives is: < http://www.emiarch.dk/home.php3?l=en >.Possible? From same website: Emigration records from Vejle 1879-1887, there are other possibilities as well:
ID Code: V7984A2445, Last place of residence: ?, Date of registration: 12-12-1882, Name: Nielsen, Ane Kirstine, Parish: Sjørslev, Contract No.: 422, Occupation:, County: Viborg, Contract litra: MouritzenC, Residence contract: Sjørslev Sogn, Remarks: [none].
ID Code: V7984A1635, Last place of residence: Vilstrup (Nr. og Sr. Vilstrup), Date of registration: 12-04-1882,
Name: Nielsen, Kirstine, Parish: ?, Contract No.: 117, Occupation:, County: Vejle, Contract litra: MouritzenC,
Residence contract: Vilstrup Mk., Remarks BEM: V7984A1634-V7984A1635 rejst sammen.IMMIGRATION: She was not found at Ancestry.com on 2/28/05, by using a 14-day trial subscription to their online Immigration records, including a database called "New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891. There are many possible, but more information is needed to find her in this database.
IMMIGRATION: [entering a country]
NOTE: The Ellis Island immigration online records do not begin until about 1892. Therefore, she would not be listed in these records.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MARRIAGE: Civil marriage record; 1884; County offices, Douglas Co NE; [unknown reference numbers; County offices, Douglas Co NE;
NOTE: Parents of groom, Jens C Fischer, listed as Jens S Fischer and Karen Jensdatter. Parents of the bride, Anna K Nelsen, listed as Nels S Fischer and Anna K Jensdatter. Both age 29 at the time of marriage, born Denmark, residence Omaha NE. Date of License 5 Dec 1884. Date of marriage 6 Dec 1884. Witnesses Lauritz Christiansen and G W Harpson, both residing Omaha NE. Justice of the Peace J H McCullouch, County Judge, recorded 10 Jan 1885.
MARRIAGE: O-CVM-0008DEATH: Old note from research at Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Douglas, NE, indicated that a death record might be available for a Mrs Anna C Fisher, died 27 Dec 1914, Roll RG 230, #3, #25193, but this microfilm was checked and the record could not be found [note discarded 3/2004, and this notation made]. It is possible that someone familiar with these records, such as the library staff or a researcher, for a fee, could locate the entry. Census records indicate that she died between 1910 and 1920.
OBITUARY: Obituary Mrs Anna C Fisher; 1914; OMAHA DAILY BEE, Omaha, Douglas, NE; 27 Dec 1914, column 1; Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Douglas, NE;
NOTE: Obituary card, Mrs Anna C Fisher, 59 years, address 3015 South 16th Street, Omaha Daily Bee, 27 Dec 1914, C/1. On a personal visit to the Omaha Public Library, 19 Oct 1994, this obituary was reviewed and no additional information was given. The newspapers were checked several days before and after 27th Dec 1914 and no additional obituary was found. Due to the appropriate name, approximate age [59 in 1914, calculates to born about 1855] and the fact that she died between the 1910 and 1920 censuses, this is believed to be the correct person. [No paperwork kept regarding this item, all information transcribed here.]BURIAL:
CENSUS:
1870 - Denmark. She is not listed with her parents. Perhaps she was living in another household as a "housemaid." She would be about age 16. There are no indexes for this census online and no images available online as of 8/2006.
1880 - Denmark. She is not listed with her parents. Indexes for the area where her family was living for this census not yet available online as of 7/2006. However, the census images are available online at
< http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ > and these were checked for her in As sogn where her parents were living and she was not found. Part of Horsens sogn was checked (the first 150 images of 2092 images), where her sisters Sophie and Mette were living, but she was not found in those images. Without indexes, searching for people image by image is difficult.
NOTE: No additional information was found for him at FamilySearch.org or RootsWeb.com, as of 7/2006.
BIRTH: Based on 1900 census. According to his marriage record, his parents were Jens S Fischer and Karen Jensdatter. He was not found at FamilySearch.org, IGI, christening records, and his parents were not found as parents, as of 7/2006.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------EMIGRATION: [leaving a country]
NOTE: According to census records, he immigrated to America about 1882-1884. The Danish Emigration Archives were searched, but he was not found, using Jens Fischer or Jens Fisher, immigrating to Nebraska. This does not mean his record is not there, only not found. More information is needed about his place of residence in Denmark prior to immigration, complete date of birth, birthplace, etc. The website of the Danish Emigration Archives is: < http://www.emiarch.dk/home.php3?l=en >.IMMIGRATION: [entering a country]
NOTE: He was not found at Ancestry.com on 2/28/05, by using a 14-day trial subscription to their online Immigration records, including a database called "New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891. More information is needed to find him in this database.IMMIGRATION: [entering a country]
NOTE: The Ellis Island immigration online records do not begin until about 1892. Therefore, he would not be listed in these records.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MARRIAGE: Civil marriage record; 1884; County offices, Douglas Co NE; [unknown reference numbers; County offices, Douglas Co NE;
NOTE: Parents of groom, Jens C Fischer, listed as Jens S Fischer and Karen Jensdatter. Parents of the bride, Anna K Nelsen, listed as Nels S Fischer and Anna K Jensdatter. Both age 29 at the time of marriage, born Denmark, residence Omaha NE. Date of License 5 Dec 1884. Date of marriage 6 Dec 1884. Witnesses Lauritz Christiansen and G W Harpson, both residing Omaha NE. Justice of the Peace J H McCullouch, County Judge, recorded 10 Jan 1885.
MARRIAGE: O-CVM-0008CITY DIRECTORIES:
NOTE: He was not found as Jens Fischer in the 1885 City Directory for Omaha, NE, see O-DIR-0014. He might be: Christian Fischer, car cleaner, B & M R R, res 416 Pacific.CITY DIRECTORY: He was not found as Jens Fisher or Fischer at Ancestry.com, Omaha, Nebraska Directories, 1889-90. He might be:
Christian Fischer, Location 2: Phelps n [sic] S 15th, Business Name: Burlington & Missouri River Railroad, Occupation: carrepairer, Year: 1889, City: Omaha, State: NE.
NOTE: The Phelps Street address is possible as Lauritz Christensen lived at 1469 Phelps Street and the Fischer family is known to have lived nearby.CITY DIRECTORY: Found at HeritageQuestOnline, Omaha, Neb, Omaha Directory Co, c1910, 1770 pgs:
NOTE: Transcribed from the internet, website listed below, available only with password:
< http://www.heritagequestonline.com/prod/genealogy/index >.
NOTE: Page 411, Jens C Fisher, insptr, r [resides] 1435 Phelps.
NOTE: Page 410, Chris Fischer, hd insptr U P R R, r [resides] 1435 Phelps.CITY DIRECTORY: Found at DistantCounsin.org, Omaha, Nebraska 1914 City Directory:
< http://distantcousin.com/Directories/NE/Omaha/1914/ >.
Page 318, Fischer, Jens C, grocer, 3015 S 16th, r [resides] the same.OCCUPATION: Letter from Burlington Northern, dated 14 Jan 1982, stated that they were not able to find any work records of Hans Jensen, Soren Jensen, or Christopher Fisher [sic, should have asked for Jens Christian Fischer]. They further stated that records pertaining to employees terminated prior to 1972 have been destroyed. [Letter discarded 3/2004.]
DEATH:
NOTE: Letter from Omaha-Douglas County Health Department, Omaha, NE, dated 17 Feb 1982, stated that they were not able to find a death record for Christopher Fisher, born about 1855, Denmark, died after 1900, wife's name Cashine (?), occupation car inspector for railroad, possibly lived on Phelps Street. [Should have asked for Jens Christian Fischer. Letter discarded 3/2004.]OBITUARY: He was not found in the obituary card index at the Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Douglas, NE, on a personal visit to the library 16-20 Oct 1984.
NOTE: An Isaace Fischer was found in the index, died 13 Jul 1891, buried Laurel Hill Cemetery, no further information.BURIAL:
CENSUS:
NOTE: Census records give immigration as:
1900 - Jens 1883, Christine 1884
1910 - Jens 1884, Annie C 1884
1920 - Jens 1884 [possibly 1887, entry unclear], naturalized 1914
1930 - Jens 18821860-1880 - Denmark. Searched the Dansk Demografisk Database, using his mother, Karen Jacobsdatter, as a search in census records for Vejle county, with a husband Jens and a son Jens, and the family was not found. Also tried Jens Fischer, looking for father and/or son in Vejle county, but they were not found.
1885 - Searched at Ancestry.com, Nebraska State Census 1885. These entries found. The names seem correct, Jens age is about right, Anna would be about 30. The child listed would be born about 1883, which is before the date of their marriage, so perhaps this is not them.
1st Precinct, Omaha, Douglas, NE, ED 244, page 10, address Midway Borough, enumerator H H Raven
Name Age Birth Place Location Date View In Context
Jens Fischer 30 Denmark 1st Precinct Omaha City, Douglas, Nebraska 02 Jun 1885
Annie Fischer 25 Denmark 1st Precinct Omaha City, Douglas, Nebraska 02 Jun 1885
Carrio Fischer 2 Nebraska 1st Precinct Omaha City, Douglas, Nebraska 02 Jun 18851900 - T623_923, 2-Wd, Omaha, Douglas Co, NE, ED 19, line 83, page 230B (10B), 8 Jun 1900
[Ancestry.com, image 20 of 25]
Address: 1435 Phelps Street.
Fisher, Christian, head, white, male, born Nov 1854, 45, married 16 years, born Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, immigrated 1883, 17 [years in US], Pa, car inspector
Fisher, Christine, wife, white, female, born Nov 1854, married 16 years, 2 children, 2 living, born Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, immigrated 1884, 16 [years in US]
Fisher, Carrie, daughter, white, female, born Apr 1891, 9, single, NE, born Denmark, Denmark, at school
Fisher, Hertha, daughter, white, female, born Jul 1894, 5, single, NE, born Denmark, Denmark, at school1910 - T624_843, 2-Wd, Omaha, Douglas Co, NE, ED 10, line 48, page 180A & B (6A & B), 19 Apr 1910
[Ancestry.com, image 11 of 24]
Address: 1435 Phelps Street.
Fischer, Jens C, head, male, white, age 55, married once 25 years, born Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, 1884 [year of immigration], Pa [papers filed], car inspector, railroad
Fischer, Annie C, wife, female, white, age 55, married once 25 years, 2 children, 2 living, born Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, 1884 [year of immigration]
Fischer, Carrie, daughter, female, white, age 19, single, born NE, Denmark, Denmark
[next page]
Fischer, Hertha, daughter, female, white, age 16, single, born NE, Denmark, Denmark1920 - T625_989, 6-Wd, Omaha, Douglas Co, NE, ED 60, line 33, page 25B (13B), 12 Jan 1920
[Ancestry.com, image 26 of 27]
Address: 1455 Phelps Street.
Kirk, Marion, head, male, white, age 25, married, born NE, England, Scotland, ___ clerk, _____, _____
Kirk, Hertha, wife, female, white, age 25, married, born NE, Denmark, Denmark
Fisher, Jens C, father-in-law, male, white, age 65, wid, immigrated 1884 [? 1887], Na [naturalized], 1914, born Denmark, Denmark, Denmark
NOTE: Same page as Lauritz Christensen.1930 - T626_1276, Ward 8, Omaha, Douglas, NE, ED 159, line 1, page 184A (11A), 7 Apr 1930
[Ancestry.com, image 21 of 109]
Address: 4431 Pierce [?] Street.
Carlson, Axel [?] R, head, renting, $26 [per month], male, white, age 50, first married age 36, born Sweden, Sweden, Sweden, immigrated 1904, Al [Alien], meat cutter, retail grocery
Carlson, Annie A, wife, female, white, age 38, first married age 25, born NE, Denmark, Denmark
Carlson, Robert J, son, male, white, age 9-x/12, single, born IA, Sweden, NE
Carlson, Ann E, daughter, female, white, age 7-x/12, single, born IA, Sweden, NE
Fischer, Jens C, father-in-law, male, white, age 75, wid, born Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, immigrated 1882, Na [naturalized]
20. Hertha Magnine Kirstine Fischer
NOTE: No additional information was found for her at FamilySearch.org or RootsWeb.com, as of 7/2006.
BIRTH: Per baptism record.
BAPTISM: Church baptism Hertha Magnine Kirstine; 1894; Vor Frelsers Dansk Evangelisk Luthersk Kirke (Our Saviors Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church), renamed about 1964 to Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Omaha, NE; 5 Nov 1894, Bk xx, pg 94, #75; Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Omaha, NE;
Note: Hertha Magnine Kirstine Fischer, born 18 Jul 1894, baptized 5 Nov 1894, parents J C Fischer and wife Anna Kirstine born Nielsen, witness Mrs Christensen and the child's mother.
BAPTISM: O-CHB-0004MARRIAGE:
NOTE: On 19 Oct 1994, on a personal visit to Omaha, Douglas Co, NE, at the Omaha Public Library, a review of their marriage records on microfilm, showed the following:
Index: Hertha Fisher to Kirk, 14 Oct 1916, Vol 43, Pg 531. The actual marriage record was searched for in the microfilm roll, but the record was missing or not found. [No paperwork was saved from this research as all information was transcribed here.]DEATH: Not found in SSDI, 2/2005.
BURIAL:
NOTE: No additional information was found for him at FamilySearch.org or RootsWeb.com, as of 7/2006.
BIRTH: Per census records and SSDI.
MARRIAGE:
NOTE: On 19 Oct 1994, on a personal visit to Omaha, Douglas Co, NE, at the Omaha Public Library, a review of their marriage records on microfilm, showed the following:
Index: Hertha Fisher to Kirk, 14 Oct 1916, Vol 43, Pg 531. The actual marriage record was searched for in the microfilm roll, but the record was missing or not found. [No paperwork was saved from this research as all information was transcribed here.]MILITARY: Found Ancestry.com, Library Edition, World War I Draft Registrations:
Marion Henderson Kirk, Form 1 #2907, No 83, address 1455 Phelps, Omaha, Nebr [Nebraska], age 23, born May 31, 1894, natural born, born Omaha, Nebr [Nebraska], USA, occupation hardware clerk, Wright [?] & Wilhemy Co, address 10 [10th?] & Jackson, dependents wife, mother & sister, married, caucasian, what military service have you had? rank Scanaan [?], branch Deckman, years 4, nation or state W S Navy, claim exemption from draft? yes, family support, signed Marion H Kirk, dated June 5, 1917, Precinct 7 Ward 2, Omaha, Nebr [Nebraska].
NOTE: Image saved.DEATH: Per SSDI:
NOTE: Marion Kirk, born 31 May 1894, died Jan 1973, last residence Omaha, Douglas, NE, last benefit none specified, issued NE.OBITUARY: He was not found in the obituary card index at the Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Douglas, NE, on a personal visit to the library 16-20 Oct 1984. However, at the time, his death in SSDI had not been found which gives and month and year.
BURIAL:
CENSUS:
1900 - Marion prior to his marriage.
T623_923, Wd 2, Omaha, Douglas, NE, ED 19, line 62, page 230B (10B), 8 Jun 1900
[Ancestry.com, image 20 of 25]
Address: 1456 Phelps Street.
Kirk, James W, head, white, male, Aug 1857, 42, married 18 [smudged, probably 13], IA, OH, Canada, policeman
Kirk, Cora L, wife, white, female, Jun 1860, 39, married 13, 6 children, 4 living, IL, MA, MA
Kirk, Robert J, son, white, male, Aug 1888, 11, single, NE, IA, IL, at school
Kirk, Earl, son, white, male, Dec 1889, 10, single, NE, IA, IL, at school
Kirk, Marion H, son, white, male, May 1894, 6, single, NE, IA, IL, at school
Kirk, Gardner [?] O, son, white, male, Apr 1900, 1/12, single, NE, IA, IL1910 - Marion prior to his marriage.
T624_843, Wd-2, Omaha, Douglas, NE, ED 10, line 81, page 186B (12B), 25 Apr 1910
[Ancestry.com, image 23 of 24]
Address: 1457 So 15th Street [apparently near Phelps Street].
Kirk, Cora L, head, female, white, 48, W [wid], married 22 years, 6 children, 4 living, IL, MA, MA
Kirk, Robert J, son, male, white, 21, single, NE, IA, IL, clerk, packing house
Kirk, Earl R, son, male, white, 19, single, NE, IA, IL, yard assistant, B & M
Kirk, Marion H, son, male, white, 14, single, NE, IA, IL, __der clerk, wholesale
Kirk, Gardner, son, male, white, 10, single, NE, IA, IL
Kirk, Ruth V, daughter, female, white, 1, single, NE, IA, IL1920 - T625_989, 6-Wd, Omaha, Douglas Co, NE, ED 60, line 33, page 25B (13B), 12 Jan 1920
[Ancestry.com, image 26 of 27]
Address: 1455 Phelps Street.
Kirk, Marion, head, male, white, 25, married, NE, England, Scotland, packing clerk, H_ight & ____helm
Kirk, Hertha, wife, female, white, 25, married, NE, Denmark, Denmark
Fisher, Jens C, father-in-law, male, white, 65, wid, 1884 [? 1887], Na, 1914, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark
NOTE: Same page as Lauritz Christensen.
NOTE: Marion's mother and sister listed directly above him.1930 - T626_1275, Ward 6, Omaha, Douglas Co, NE, ED 65, line 13, page 75A (16A), 9 Apr 1930
[Ancestry.com, image 31 of 50]
Address: 1455 Phelps Street.
Kirk, Marion, head, owns home, value $3500, male, white, 35, first married age 22, NE, IA, IL, commercial salesman, hardware firm
Kirk, Hertha, wife, female, white, 35, first married age 21, NE, Denmark, Denmark
NOTE: Same page as Lauritz Christensen.
NOTE: Marion's mother listed directly below him, 1451 Phelps Street, owns home, value $3000.
NOTE: Found at GenForum.Genealogy.com, Denmark Genealogy Forum, 30 Jan 2000:
< http://genforum.genealogy.com >
From: Lois Limbocker Roark < lroark@oz.net >:
In Reply to: Fischers From Denmark by Kjartan KristjanssonHello Kjartan,
Sorry it took so long for me to reply. I just got back from Salt Lake City. WOW! After almost 30 years I found both of my grandparents families. What a tremendous high. First, the information I posted and have relied on to do my fruitless search all these years is at best, loose. The Fischer family, (Horsens, Skan.), I located in Overby, Als, Vejle. The Madsen family, (Aarhus, Aarhus), I found in Narup, Gjern, Skan. Niels Sorensen Fischer was born in Torp (Hvirring, Skan.), his wife Ane Kirstine Jensd: and the nine children of this marriage were born in Overby. The folks who submitted the information (descendants of Jensine Marie Fischer) were no doubt given the same loose information I was. No matter, I have the solution now. One of my remaining questions is the location of probate records for Niels and Ane who both died in Overby. He in Jun 1885 and she in Apr 1893. The film in Salt Lake was not for the right place and they told me to write to the archives in Denmark. (Big error on the part of the filmers)....I'll wait for later to go into other problems. Thanks again for your input. I haven't had a chance to thank the list for being there. I do so now.
Lois
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTE: Found on the internet, a website in Denmark [.dk], regarding this family:
< http://www.dyrstad.ougtvig.dk/ >. Instructions: click on "Bente's aner", then click on the letter "J" in the line titled "Efternavne," then on "Jensdatter," then on Ane Kirstine (1832-1893), this brings up the family of Niels Sorensen Fischer and Ane Kirstine Jensdatter, follow the links to other individuals.FISCHER Jensine Marie
Birth : 26 March 1860 in Overby As Bjerre
Baptism : 3 June 1860 in As Kirke
Gudmoder: pigen Inger Marie Rasmusdatter på Jensgaard
Faddere: pigen Hanne Frederiksdatter
Gårdmand, Jørgen Hede og Knud Jørgensen og gårdmand Jens Jørgen Petersen, alle i Overby
og Ungk. Peder Rasmussen v(eller i) Løkken (?)
kilde: As sogn kirkebog
Death : 31 July 1932 in Newport Lincoln USA
Father : FISCHER Niels Sørensen ( 1818 - 1885 )
Mother : JENSDATTER Ane Kirstine ( 1832 - 1893 )Union : ANDERSEN Niels ( 1861 - 1906 )
Marriage : 6 May 1882 in Overby As BjerreChildren :
ANDERSEN Maurice Andrew ( 1878 - 1878 )
ANDERSEN Christina Nicolina ( 1880 - 1940 )
ANDERSEN Maurice Andrew ( 1886 - ? )
ANDERSEN Niels ( 1887 - ? )
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NOTE: gudmoder=godmother or sponsor, pigen=girl, faddere=godmother or godfather, gardmand=farmer, ungk=bachelor, kilde=source, kirkebog=parish register
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTE: There is a different person's website in Denmark about this same family at the following website:
< http://fredenslyst.dk/GEDHTanc/fam067xx/fam06761.htm >.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTE: Part of the information listed below found on the internet at FamilySearch.org, is incorrect. The location of Jensine's birth is listed as Horsens, her birthdate is off by 2 days, the date of marriage to Niels Andersen in incorrect, and the Niels Andersen that she married may not have had a middle name of Peter.
NOTE: Found at FamilySearch.org, Ancestral File:
< http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp >.
Individual Record FamilySearch Ancestral File v4.19Jensine Marie FISCHER (AFN: 1T8Q-80)
Event(s):
Birth: 28 Mar 1860
Horsens, Jutland, Denmark
Death: 31 Jul 1932
Newport, Lincoln, OR
Parents:
Father: Niels S. FISCHER (AFN: BGNG-K7)
Mother: Ane Kerstine JENSDATTER (AFN: BGNG-LD)
Marriage(s):
Spouse: Niels Peter ANDERSEN (AFN: 1T8Q-7S)
Marriage: 1878
Spouse: L.H. PAYNE (AFN: BGNG-MK)
Marriage: 14 Apr 1908About Ancestral File:
Ancestral File is a collection of genealogical information taken from Pedigree Charts and Family Group Records submitted to the Family History Department since 1978. The information has not been verified against any official records. Since the information in Ancestral File is contributed, it is the responsibility of those who use the file to verify its accuracy.
Please Note:
Names and address of submitters to Ancestral File and those who have a research interest are provided to help in the coordination of research. The use of this information for any other purpose, including commercial use, is strictly prohibited.
The submitter is listed as: John Keith Read, 607 Meadowlawn Dr SE, Salem, OR, 97301, microfilm #1394086
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BIRTH-BAPTISM: Church baptism; 1853-1879; Church records from As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark; born 26 Mar 1860, baptized 3 Jun 1860, pg 63, #2; FHL microfilm #0053392;
NOTE: Jensine Marie Nielsen, born 26 Mar 1860 in Overby, church baptism 3 Jun 1860, in As, parents Niels Sørensen (Fisker) and Ane Kirstine Jensdatter, age 26. [Contains other information in Danish.]
!NOTE: This record found at a website in Denmark that has online church records. The website address is:
< http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark, image 57, pg 63, #2.
COMPILED: O-COM-0085dCONFIRMATION: Church confirmation; 1853-1879; Church records from As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark; born 26 Mar 1860, confirmed Easter 1874 [5 Apr 1874], pg 137, #1; FHL microfilm #0053392;
NOTE: Jensine Marie Nielsen in Hosby Mark, born 26 Mar 1860 in Overbÿ, confirmed Easter 1874 [5 Apr 1874], in As, parents Niels Sørensen Fisker and Ane Kirstine Jensdatter. [Contains other information in Danish.]
!NOTE: This record found at a website in Denmark that has online church records. The website address is:
< http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark, image 111, pg 137, #1.
COMPILED: O-COM-0085m
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NOTE: Per an email dated 6 Sep 2006, from Lois Roark < lroark@oz.net >, she reported this family was found at the Danish Emigration Archives website: < http://www.emiarch.dk/home.php3?l=en >:
Name: Andersen, Niels Occupation: Arbejdsmand
Age: 21 Destination: Youngstown, Ohio
Contract no.: 417000 Registration date: 5/6/1882
Last res. parish: As Last res. county: Vejle
Last residence: Assens S., Veile A. Destination country: USA
Destination city: Youngstown Destination state: Ohio
Name of ship: Indirekte [This is not the name of the ship, this word means travel was indirect.]
IDcode: I8182A2904Name: Andersen, Jensine Occupation: Hustru
Age: 22 Destination: Youngstown, Ohio
Contract no.: 417000 Registration date: 5/6/1882
Last res. parish: As Last res. county: Vejle
Last residence: Assens S., Veile A. Destination country: USA
Destination city: Youngstown Destination state: Ohio
Name of ship: Indirekte [This is not the name of the ship, this word means travel was indirect.]
IDcode: I8182A2905Name: Andersen, Nicoline Occupation: Barn
Age: 00 3/4 Destination: Youngstown, Ohio
Contract no.: 417000 Registration date: 5/6/1882
Last res. parish: As Last res. county: Vejle
Last residence: Assens S., Veile A. Destination country: USA
Destination city: Youngstown Destination state: Ohio
Name of ship: Indirekte [This is not the name of the ship, this word means travel was indirect.]
IDcode: I8182A2906
NOTE: Actually Nicoline would be aged about 1 and 4 months.IMMIGRATION: [entering a country]
NOTE: This family was not found at Ancestry.com on 2/28/05, by using a 14-day trial subscription to their online Immigration records, including a database called "New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891. Searched for him with a wife and child.
NOTE: The Ellis Island immigration online records do not begin until about 1892. Therefore, they would not be listed in these records.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MARRIAGE:
(0) - Hans Laursen - it is believed that this couple did not marry - but had a child
(1) - Niels Peter Andersen
MARRIAGE: This record found at a website in Denmark that has online church records. The website address is: < http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: Church Marriage Records 1880-1892, As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark, image 69, pg 217, #2.
NOTE: Bachelor Niels Andersen, Møllersvend [miller's assistant] in Skjævlund Mølle, son of Husmand [small farmer] Anders Sørensen, in Ørum, age 21 years, unmarried Jensine Marie Nielsen, the daughter of Husmand [small farmer] Niels Sørensen Fisker in Overby, age 22 years, witnesses groom's father and Gaardmand [farm copyholder] Jørgen Jensen Hede in Overby, married 6 May 1882, at the church in As, [vaccination dates included].
NOTE: Skjævlund [Skaevlund] Mølle is apparently located in Rårup sogn, Bjerre herred, Vejle amt.
NOTE: According to the 1900 census, they were married about 1880. According to websites above, they were married in 1878 or 1882. In the 1930 census, Marie is listed as first married age 20, which calculates to first married about 1880.
NOTE: This marriage was not found at FamilySearch.org, other than the entries by John Read on this family, listing their marriage as 1878.(2) - Louis or Lewis Payne
NOTE: Searched at Ancestry.com, Library Edition, Oregon Marriages 1906-1920, but did not find this marriage. However, the website did not list the counties covered in the index.CHILDREN: In the 1900 census she is listed as having 5 children, 3 living. Based on that information a child was added with a possible birth date of around 1882, but the date is entirely arbitrary. Also, there is a possible city directory listing for this family in Omaha, NE in 1885 (see Niels Andersen notes). That entry lists 3 children, Christine born about 1881, Maria born about 1883, Mary born about 1884-1885. If this is determined to be the correct family, Maria and Mary would need to be placed in this family. Birth and death records could be checked in Omaha, NE for these children, but records for that time period are very limited. Also, no such records are available online at this time, 7/2006.
DEATH: Found at Ancestry.com, Oregon Death Index, 1903-98:
Name: Payne, Marie
County: Lincoln
Death Date: 31 Jul 1932
Certificate: 44
Spouse: LBURIAL: Found on the internet, Eureka Pioneer Cemetery, Newport, Lincoln County, Oregon, Compiled By M. Constance Guardino III, September 11, 2002, website: < http://users.wi.net/~census/lesson17.html >:
NOTE:
Payne, L H (1859-1939)
Payne, Marie (1860-1932) w/o Neils; m/o Maurice Andersen
Payne, Irvin Ross (1878-1955) f/o Evelyn Payne Parry
McClure, Minnie Stuivenga Pollard Payne (1887-1975 Poland) m/o Evelyn Payne Parry, Laverna Payne Holt Bell & Florence Payne Howell; w/o (1) Irvin Ross Payne (2) Pollard (3) McClure.
Peoples, Alice Payne (1881-1964)
Payne, Grace V Fish (1902-1938)
NOTE: It is not known if the others listed are related to L H and Marie Payne, as of 2/2005.CENSUS:
1880 - Denmark. She is not listed with her parents. Indexes for the area where her family was living for this census not yet available online as of 7/2006. However, the census images are available online at
< http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ > and these were checked for her in As sogn where her parents were living and she was not found. Part of Horsens sogn was checked (the first 150 images of 2092 images), where her sisters Sophie and Mette were living, but she was not found in those images. Without indexes, searching for people image by image is difficult.
BIRTH:
MARRIAGE:
DEATH:
BURIAL:
NOTE: Part of the information listed below found on the internet at FamilySearch.org, is incorrect. The birthdate and place and parents of Niels Andersen are incorrect. The location of Jensine's birth is not Horsens, her birthdate is off by 2 days, the date of marriage is incorrect, and there is no known evidence that Niels had a middle name of Peter. Also, the birth information about the child Nicholina Christina is incorrect.
NOTE: Found at FamilySearch.org, Ancestral File: < http://www.familysearch.org >.
Niels Peter ANDERSEN (AFN: 1T8Q-7S)
Birth: 5 Feb 1861, Horsens, Jutland, Denmark
Death: 1 Feb 1906, Siletz, Lincoln, Or
Burial: Taft, Lincoln, Or
Parents:
Father: Wilhelm ANDERSEN (AFN: BGNG-HV)
Mother: Karen Marie NIELSEN (AFN: BGNG-J2)
Marriage(s):
Spouse: Jensine Marie FISCHER (AFN: 1T8Q-80)
Marriage: 1878Wife's Name
Jensine Marie FISCHER (AFN:1T8Q-80)
Born: 28 Mar 1860, Horsens, Jutland, Denmark
Died: 31 Jul 1932, Newport, Lincoln, Or
Parents:
Father: Niels S. FISCHER (AFN:BGNG-K7)
Mother: Ane Kerstine JENSDATTER (AFN:BGNG-LD)Children
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1. Maurice Andrew ANDERSEN (AFN:1T8Q-V3)
Born: Abt. 1878, Horsens, Jutland, Dm
Died: BABY Place:
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2. Christina Nicolina ANDERSEN (AFN:1T8Q-2X)
Born: 24 May 1880, Horsens, , Denmark
Died: 15 Jul 1940, Newport, Lincoln, Or
Buried: 17 Jul 1940, (Memorial Indoor Cemetery) Por, Portland, Or
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3. Niels ANDERSEN (AFN:1T8Q-XF)
Born: 14 Jun 1887, Omaha, Douglas, Ne
Died: 2 Dec 1959, Newport, Lincoln, Oregon
Buried: Newport, Lincoln, Oregon
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4. Maurice Andrew ANDERSEN (AFN:1T8Q-W8)
Born: 14 Sep 1886, Omaha, Douglas, Ne
About Ancestral File:
Ancestral File is a collection of genealogical information taken from Pedigree Charts and Family Group Records submitted to the Family History Department since 1978. The information has not been verified against any official records. Since the information in Ancestral File is contributed, it is the responsibility of those who use the file to verify its accuracy.
Please Note:
Names and address of submitters to Ancestral File and those who have a research interest are provided to help in the coordination of research. The use of this information for any other purpose, including commercial use, is strictly prohibited.
The submitter is listed as: John Keith Read, 607 Meadowlawn Dr SE, Salem, OR, 97301, microfilm #1394086
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTE: It is believed that the information given above for a Niels Peder Andersen with a father Wilhelm Andersen and mother Karen Marie Nielsen is not the correct person who married Jensine Marie Nielsen. Based on information in the marriage record of Niels Andersen in 1882, his father was Anders Sørensen, of Ørum. The 1880 census of Ørum sogn, Vejle amt was reviewed and an Anders Sørensen was located with a wife Ane Marie Nielsen and one child, Søren living at home. This familiy was also found in 1860 in Urlev sogn, Vejle amt. There is no census available either in index form or in images for the 1870 census of either Ørum sogn or Urlev sogn. However, based on all family records researched of this couple and their children, the following birth/baptism is believed to be that of the Niels Andersen who married Jensine Marie Nielsen:
BIRTH/BAPTISM: This record found at a website in Denmark that has online church records. The website address is: < http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: Church baptisms; 1857-1865; Barrit Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark; born 3 Mar 1861, church baptism 5 May 1861, image 40, page 35, #5.
NOTE: Niels Andersen, born 3 Mar 1861, baptized at church 5 May 1861, parents Indsidder [tenant farmer] Anders Sørensen and Hustru [wife] Ane Marie Nielsen, of Breth, mother 38 years, ____ [witnesses, cannot read entry], 451 [index page].MARRIAGE: This record found at a website in Denmark that has online church records. The website address is: < http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: Church Marriage Records 1880-1892, As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark, image 69, pg 217, #2.
NOTE: Bachelor Niels Andersen, Møllersvend [miller's assistant] in Skjævlund Mølle, son of Husmand [small farmer] Anders Sørensen, in Ørum, age 21 years, unmarried Jensine Marie Nielsen, the daughter of Husmand [small farmer] Niels Sørensen Fisker in Overby, age 22 years, witnesses groom's father and Gaardmand [farm copyholder] Jørgen Jensen Hede in Overby, married 6 May 1882, at the church in As, [vaccination dates included].
NOTE: Skjævlund [Skaevlund] Mølle is apparently located in Rårup sogn, Bjerre herred, Vejle amt.
NOTE: According to the 1900 census, they were married about 1880. According to websites above, they were married in 1878 or 1882. In the 1930 census, Marie is listed as first married age 20, which calculates to first married about 1880.
NOTE: This marriage was not found at FamilySearch.org, other than the entries by John Read on this family, listing their marriage as 1878.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------EMIGRATION: [leaving a country]
NOTE: Per an email dated 6 Sep 2006, from Lois Roark < lroark@oz.net >, she reported this family was found at the Danish Emigration Archives website: < http://www.emiarch.dk/home.php3?l=en >:
Name: Andersen, Niels Occupation: Arbejdsmand
Age: 21 Destination: Youngstown, Ohio
Contract no.: 417000 Registration date: 5/6/1882
Last res. parish: As Last res. county: Vejle
Last residence: Assens S., Veile A. Destination country: USA
Destination city: Youngstown Destination state: Ohio
Name of ship: Indirekte [This is not the name of the ship, this word means travel was indirect.]
IDcode: I8182A2904Name: Andersen, Jensine Occupation: Hustru
Age: 22 Destination: Youngstown, Ohio
Contract no.: 417000 Registration date: 5/6/1882
Last res. parish: As Last res. county: Vejle
Last residence: Assens S., Veile A. Destination country: USA
Destination city: Youngstown Destination state: Ohio
Name of ship: Indirekte [This is not the name of the ship, this word means travel was indirect.]
IDcode: I8182A2905Name: Andersen, Nicoline Occupation: Barn
Age: 00 3/4 Destination: Youngstown, Ohio
Contract no.: 417000 Registration date: 5/6/1882
Last res. parish: As Last res. county: Vejle
Last residence: Assens S., Veile A. Destination country: USA
Destination city: Youngstown Destination state: Ohio
Name of ship: Indirekte [This is not the name of the ship, this word means travel was indirect.]
IDcode: I8182A2906
NOTE: Actually Nicoline would be aged about 1 and 4 months.IMMIGRATION: [entering a country]
NOTE: This family was not found at Ancestry.com on 2/28/05, by using a 14-day trial subscription to their online Immigration records, including a database called "New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891. Searched for him with a wife and child.
NOTE: The Ellis Island immigration online records do not begin until about 1892. Therefore, they would not be listed in these records.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CITY DIRECTORIES: [It is unknown when they moved to Oregon, but sometime after 1887.] Searched at Ancestry.com, Omaha, Nebraska Directories, 1889-90.
Niels Anderson 2821 California laborer
Nels Anderson 2814 Chicago carpenter
Nels Andersen 1428 Phelps porter [1889]
Nels Andersen 2813 Dupont cistern builder
Nels Anderson boards 1009 S 22d laborer
Nels Anderson S 15th s Vinton driver
Nels Anderson boards 837 S 22d carpenter
Nels Anderson boards 1910 Webster laborer
Nels Anderson 917 S 13th meterman
Nels Anderson 201 Cedar tankman
Nels Anderson 1819 Mason laborer
Nels Anderson N 27th n Ames avenue plasterer
Nels Anderson Phelps near S 15th laborer [1889]
Nels Anderson 2514 Pacific laborer
Nels Anderson S 5th n Bancroft blacksmith
Nels Anderson r 2821 California bricklayer
Nels H Anderson N 15th near Ames avenue
Nels O Anderson 1410 Pierce painter
Nels R Anderson 1016 S 23d
NOTE: It is unknown if any of these are the Niels or Nels Anderson who married Jensine Nielsen, but possible entries are those listed as residing on Phelps Street as that would be near Lauritz Christensen who lived at 1469 Phelps Street.CHILDREN: In the 1900 census she is listed as having 5 children, 3 living. Based on that information a child was added with a possible birth date of around 1882, but the date is entirely arbitrary. Also, there is a possible city directory listing for this family in Omaha, NE in 1885 (see Niels Andersen notes). That entry lists 3 children, Christine born about 1881, Maria born about 1883, Mary born about 1884-1885. If this is determined to be the correct family, Maria and Mary would need to be placed in this family. Birth and death records could be checked in Omaha, NE for these children, but records for that time period are very limited. Also, no such records are available online at this time, 7/2006.
DEATH: Per an email dated 8 Mar 2005, from Mary Taylor < marysday@teleport.com > a volunteer lookup person for Lincoln Co, OR, she stated:
Hi Patricia!
I only found Niels in the At Rest in Lincoln Co. Book but that is probably because the cemeteries were read in about 1970 and published about 1972. There were some other Andersen's buried but not with the names you listed. I did find a bit on Niels family as below. Also found A B. J. Andersen of 7481 N. Fraser Rd., Otis, OR 541-8082--maybe this is the grandson, Bob Andersen.Niels Andersen 1861-1906 drowned, first burial at Taft Cemetery, father of Maurice. Buried Taft Pioneer Cemetery, Hwy. 101, Across from The Inn at Spanish Head, Lincoln City, OR.
PIONEER HISTORY OF LINCOLN CO., Oregon--Vol. 2, 1986--Page 19-20
(Pictures of Neils Andersen, Jr., saved from Siletz Bay, lived to enjoy his grandson, Bob Andersen) (Pictures of Four generation of Neils Andersen's descendants, great-grandson Bob Andersen; son, Neils, Jr. holding great-great grandson, Timothy Andersen; and grandson, Gerald Andersen.). Sorry at the moment my scanner is down so I can't scan the pictures and email them to you.
THE PIONEER CEMETERY IS ESTABLISHED, by Ruby Parmele (page 20)
The summer of 1905 Neils Andersen bought a large launch. In the fall or near Christmas on a trip to Portland, he bought Christmas presents, which he sent to Newport by train. They were to come by boat or ship from there. The ship arrived at Newport, but the captain kept saying that the bar was too rough--he would not try to come into Siletz bay. The Andersens became so eager that they planned to lash empty gas drums to their launch and go to Newport to get their things. One Sunday in February, 1906, [it] was so nice the whole family went to the mouth of Siletz Bay visiting. John Bones had a store there then. While the family was in the store, Mr. Andersen and Morris, his son, thought the bar looked smooth enough to try it. They got in the launch and struck out. The son-in-law was watching. The last breaker broke into the launch and capsized it. Mr. Andersen started swimming toward shore, then seemed to think of Morris and turned back to him. It seemed he wanted to help Morris. Morris came ashore down the beach. His brother-in-law, waded out and helped him ashore, but Mr. Andersen didn't make it. Many of the things they had in the launch came ashore. A few people were watching, walking up and down the beach. A man came to Parmele and told them, so they all went down and walked up and down the beach. Finally Mrs. Andersen decided that Mr. Andersen would float in in seven days. She went home, and on the seventh day she sent Morris and Jess Bosler to look for Mr. Andersen. Just before they got to Mr. Andersen, Mr. Anton Resch, Sr., who was carrying the mail, saw Mr. Andersen and pulled him up on the shore. Morris and Jess Bosler went to Parmele's sawmill. The men quit work and fixed a stretcher and all went after Mr. Andersen except Jess Bosler; he and Mrs. Parmele went up Siletz River to the Andersen home to tell Mrs. Andersen. As soon as she saw them she said, "You have found Mr. Andersen." Mrs. Andersen came with Mrs. Parmele and Jess to the Parmele store. The boys carrying Mr. Andersen arrived just before and had placed him on the counter in the old store. Mr. Andersen was quite heavy, but Morris helped carry all the way. Mrs. Andersen wanted to see him. They told her his face was so torn, but she wanted to see his shoes, for, she said, he cut one shoe that last morning. Then she could know for sure it was Mr. Andersen. So Mr. Parmele and Myrtle took her in and lifted the cover from his feet. She was satisfied that it truly was Mr. Andersen. Mr. John Bones said bury him on Mrs. Bones' homestead which was just north of Siletz Bay. Bones said he would give a piece of land for a cemetery. That is the way Taft Pioneer Cemetery was started.
[This a separate item]
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All the homesteaders were to have a picnic at Jakie Johnson's place Easter 1905. Some of the people got there early and some were boat riding. Anton Resch, Jr., and Neils Andersen, Jr., were in a boat by themselves. They thought the bar of Siletz Bay looked so smooth they decided to go out over it, but when they were almost across, a large wave struck them and capsized their boat. Neils came ashore with the boat on the ocean beach, but Anton did not. His body was never found. The people on shore could do nothing to help, just walk up and down the beach. Mr. Resch, Sr., the boy's father, was carrying the mail to let the son have a good time at the picnic. Soon he came down to the beach with the mail. When told of the tragedy, he almost collapsed.
NOTE: This is apparently referring to Nelson "Niels" Andersen, Jr., who survived the boating accident, but his friend did not.[This is a separate item]
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Ione Butterfield Hamilton speaking.....
Although I lived on the river only a few years (from my birth in 1902 until I was seven years old), I remember the Scotts; John and Helen Lloyd, who had no children and lived a mile-and-a-half down river from us: L. D. and Molly Wood (L.D. was bald and Ruth cut her hair off to look like him); NIELS ANDERSEN who lived on the bottom land east of Kernville tavern. (He had a sister Christina who had beautiful red hair and married Al Reed)[Hope this is helpful! Mary.]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTE: Information about one of the books above found on the internet:
< http://www.orednet.org/~clenzen/lincolninventory.html >:
Olson, Karen. Index To "At Rest In Lincoln County, Oregon" Eugene, OR: Oregon Genealogical Society, 1984.
Parry, Evelyn P. At Rest In Lincoln County. Waldport, OR: Oldtown Printers, 1979. Contains: Alder Grove or Eckman Creek, Bayview, Beaver Creek, Burton Family, Cape Foulweather, Carson or Yachats Community, Chitwood, Curl, Eddyville, Elk City, Enos, Eureka, Fern Ridge, Glenwood, Harlan, Kyniston Family, Leslie Family, Lodsden Rock Creek, Lower Siletz, Logan Family, Nortons, Ona or School House, Pacific View, Paul Washington, Riverside VFW, Rose Lodge or Salmon River, Peak or Davidson, Schooner Creek, Shot Pouch, Siletz Valley, South Beach, Stanton, Strouts, Summit, Taft, Tidewater, Toledo, Waldport or New Home, Yachats, Yachats Memorial Park, Yaquina, Yaquina John Point.DEATH: According to the above website, he died 1 Feb 1906.
NOTE: He was not found at Ancestry.com, Oregon Death Index, 1903-98.OBITUARY: Found on the internet at: < http://members.tripod.com/b_przybylski/LincolnCoVital.htm >:
Lincoln County Vital Records Index, Obituary Index:
Andersen, Neils Sr, Feb 9 1906 L [The Lincoln Leader]
Andersen, Neils Sr, Feb 16 1906 L [The Lincoln Leader]BURIAL: Found on the internet, Sovereigns of Themselves: A Liberating History of Oregon and Its Coast
Chapter XII, Compiled By M. Constance Guardino III, With Rev. Marilyn A. Riedel, November 2004 Maracon Productions, < http://users.wi.net/~census/lesson46.html >.
Lincoln County Cemeteries, Taft Pioneer Cemetery:
NOTE: Andersen, Niels (1861-1906) f/o Maurice; drowned.BURIAL: Also found at RootsWeb.com,
< http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/or/lincoln/cemeteries/taftcem.txt >:
Taft Cemetery, Lincoln County, Oregon, Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jill Tharp < jilltharp@hotmail.com > Aug 2004, Taft cemetery in Lincoln City Oregon. It is located directly across the street from the Inn at Spanish Head on highway 101:
NOTE: Anderson, Niels, b. 1861, d. 1906, single stone. [No other Andersen family members listed.]CENSUS:
1860 - Denmark - This is information about the family of Niels Andersen before he was born:
NOTE: Stounberg Mølle, Urlev Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt]. Indexes found on the internet at Dansk Demografisk Database: Internet website: < http://ddd.dda.dk/kiplink_en.htm >.
The original image can be found at: < http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: 1860, Urlev sogn, image 7.
[From the index]
All persons in the household
Name: Age: Marital status: Occupation in household: Occupation: Birth place:
Anders Sørrensen 32 Gift Inderste, Dagleier Nebsager S.
Ane Marie Nielsen 37 Gift hans Kone Urlev S.
Søren Andersen 4 Ugift Deres Børn Nebsager S.
Vilhelmine Andersen 2 Ugift Deres Børn Urlev S.1870 - Denmark - There is no census available either in index form or in images for the 1870 census of either Ørum sogn or Urlev sogn where his family was living.
1880 - Denmark. He is not listed with his parents, and there are no indexes for Ørum, but his family was found in Ørum Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], found online at
< http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >, image 27, individuals 29-32. A brief transcription is listed below:
Anders Sørensen, age 51, married, Lutheran, born Nebsager, [gives occupation, but cannot read Danish]
Ane Marie Nielsdatter, age 57, married, Lutheran, [gives birthdate and occupation, but cannot read Danish]
Søren Sørensen, age 23, married, Lutheran, born Nebsager, [gives occupation, but cannot read Danish]
Ane Marie Olesen, age 24, married, Lutheran, [gives birthdate and occupation, but cannot read Danish]
NOTE: Niels Andersen is not listed with his parents in this census. In the same location as his parents, Ørum sogn, Vejle amt, there is a Niels Andersen listed living with another family, age 18, born Barrit sogn, listed as a servant with 8 other servants, image 7, individual 8. This could possibly be him.1885 - Checked at Ancestry.com, Nebraska State Census 1885:
NOTE: Could this be them? If it is, Julis might be a misreading of Niels? Also, if this is the correct family, children Maria and Mary would need to be placed in this family:
Julis Anderson 24 ?? Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska 16 Jun 1885
Mary Anderson 25 ?? Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska 16 Jun 1885
Christine Anderson 4 ?? Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska 16 Jun 1885
Maria Anderson 2 ?? Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska 16 Jun 1885
Mary Anderson 1/2 ?? Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska 16 Jun 18851900 - T623_1348, Morris Pct, Lincoln, OR, ED 32, line 30, page 256A (1A), 5 Jun 1900
[Ancestry.com, image 1 of 3]
Address: No house number or Street, probably rural
Anderson, Nelson, head, white, male, Mar 1861, 39, married 20 years, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, 1882 [year of immigration], 18 [years in US], Nat [naturalized], farmer
Anderson, Mary, wife, white, female, Mar 1860, 40, married 20 years, 5 children, 3 living, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, 1882 [year of immigration], 18 [years in US]
Anderson, Morris, son, white, male, Sep 1886, 13, single, NE, Denmark, Denmark, at school
Anderson, Nelson, son, white, male, Jun 1888, 11, single, NE, Denmark, Denmark, at school
NOTE: This child is tentative until more information is known. Niels Andersen and Jensine Nielsen were not married until 1882. And, before that marriage, Jensine had a daughter with a different father. Furthermore, for a father or mother born in 1860 and 1861 to have a child in 1878 is rather unlikely. Perhaps this child is somehow mixed up with the one with the same name born in 1886.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTE: Found at FamilySearch.org, Ancestral File: < http://www.familysearch.org >.
Maurice Andrew ANDERSEN (AFN: 1T8Q-V3)
Birth: Abt. 1878, Horsens, Jutland, Dm
Death: BABY
Parents:
Father: Niels Peter ANDERSEN (AFN: 1T8Q-7S)
Mother: Jensine Marie FISCHER (AFN: 1T8Q-80)
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MAURICE ANDREW ANDERSEN
Birth: About 1879, Horsens, Skanderborg, Denmark
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents:
Father: NIELS PETER ANDERSEN
Mother: JENSINE MARIE FISCHERMessages:
Family group record submitted by a member of the LDS Church. The record includes the submitter's name and address and names and relationships of family members. The address may be outdated. Some information is estimated. To find the record on the film, you must know the batch and sheet number.
Source Information: Batch Number: F516383, Sheet: 001, Source Call No.: 1553608, Type: Film, Patron sheets, 1969-1991.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BIRTH-BAPTISM: This birth/baptism was not found at a website in Denmark that has online church records. The website address is: < http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: Two areas were checked (1) As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark (where his parents were married), and (2) Horsens Vor Frelser Parish [sogn], Nim District [herred], Skanderborg County [amt], Denmark (where his mother was living at the time of his sister's birth in 1880], checked 1878 and 1879, both baptisms and deaths, looking for Maurice, etc. and Andrew or Andreas, etc. The records were searched with last name of Andersen and also Hansen, which was the name of the father of his sister. This does not mean this record is not there, but just not found, as of 9/2006.
MARRIAGE:
DEATH: This death was not found at a website in Denmark that has online church records. The website address is: < http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ >: Two areas were checked (1) As Parish [sogn], Bjerre District [herred], Vejle County [amt], Denmark (where his parents were married), and (2) Horsens Vor Frelser Parish [sogn], Nim District [herred], Skanderborg County [amt], Denmark. Checked only 1878-1879. This does not mean this record is not there, but just not found, as of 9/2006. See notes above in birth/baptism.
BURIAL:
23. [unknown first name] Andersen
BIRTH: The existence of this child is based on the 1900 census where the mother is listed as having 5 children, 3 living. See parents' notes. The birth year of about 1883 is based solely on space between the known children. This child could also have been born after the last known child, Niels, who was born in 1888.
MARRIAGE:
DEATH:
BURIAL:
NOTE: No additional information was found for him at FamilySearch.org or RootsWeb.com, as of 7/2006.
BIRTH: Per burial record.
MARRIAGE: According to the 1930 census, he was first married at age 48.
NOTE: Searched at Ancestry.com, Library Edition, Oregon Marriages 1906-1920, but did not find this marriage. However, the website did not list the counties covered in the index.HISTORY: Per email 3/10/2005 from lookup person Mary Taylor, regarding Lincoln Co, OR history books, she did not find any information about Lewis or Louis Henry Payne and his wife Jensine Marie Nielsen in any of the books she had, except the Cemetery book, which is the same information found on the internet below. See Niels Andersen notes for information about him from Lincoln Co, OR history books.
DEATH: Found at Ancestry.com, Oregon Death Index, 1903-98:
Payne, Lewis
County: Lincoln
Death Date: 24 Feb 1939
Certificate: 24
Spouse: MarieBURIAL: Found on the internet, Eureka Pioneer Cemetery, Newport, Lincoln County, Oregon, Compiled By M. Constance Guardino III, September 11, 2002, website: < http://users.wi.net/~census/lesson17.html >:
NOTE:
Payne, L H (1859-1939)
Payne, Marie (1860-1932) w/o Neils; m/o Maurice Andersen
Payne, Irvin Ross (1878-1955) f/o Evelyn Payne Parry
McClure, Minnie Stuivenga Pollard Payne (1887-1975 Poland) m/o Evelyn Payne Parry, Laverna Payne Holt Bell & Florence Payne Howell; w/o (1) Irvin Ross Payne (2) Pollard (3) McClure.
Peoples, Alice Payne (1881-1964)
Payne, Grace V Fish (1902-1938)
NOTE: It is not known if the others listed are related to L H and Marie Payne, as of 2/2005.CENSUS:
1860 - Before he was married, unknown parents or location.
1870 - Before he was married, unknown parents or location.1880 - Possible? Found at FamilySearch.org. It is unknown if this is him or not. If it is, it seems to indicate that Arvilla might be the mother of Lewis H Payne and Alice Payne and that she married William Stewart who already had children from a previous marriage or they had children together, or both.
T9-0579, Burton Twp, Genesee Co, MI, ED 66, line 9, page 33A
Stewart, William, white, male, head, 55, married, farmer, NY, MA, MA
Stewart, Arvilla, white, female, 42, wife, married, keeping house, NY, NY, CT
Payne, Lewis H, white, male, son, 20, single, farmer, PA, PA, NY
Payne, Alice, white, female, daughter, 17, single, at home, MI, PA, NY
Stewart, Emma, white, female, 19, daughter, single, school teaching, MI, NY, NY
Stewart, Willie, white, male, 17, son, single, farm laborer, MI, NY, NY
Stewart, Anna, white, female, 12, niece, single, at home, MI, NY, OH, attended school within the year
Stewart, Chas, white, male, 10, nephew, single, TN, NY, OH, attended school within the year
Stewart, Frederick, white, male, 8, nephew, single, IN, OH, OH, attended school within the year1900 - Not found using Lewis, Louis, or Henry Payne, and initials L & H, born PA, about age 40, HeritageQuest.com. Possible?
NOTE: His age and birthplace do not match.T623_713, Scipio Twp, Hillsdale Co, MI, ED 98, line 72, page 265B (9B), 19 Jun 1900
[Heritage Quest Online]
Payne, Lewis, H, head, white, male, Aug 1863, 36, single, MI, NY, NY
Payne, Rebecca M, mother, white, female, Mar 1816, 84, wd [widowed], 6 children, 6 living, NY, OH, Washington DC1910 - T624_1281, Toledo Precinct, Toledo City, Lincoln, OR, ED 168, line 38, page 200A (9A), 19 Apr 1910
[Ancestry.com, image 17 of 25]
Address: 54 Second Street
Payne, L Henry, head, male, white, 52, married once 2 years, PA, NY, NY, brick mason, buildings
Payne, Maria, wife, female, white, 50, married twice 2 years, 3 children, 3 living, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, 1880 [year of immigration]
Gohrke, George R, boarder, male, white, 20, single, IL, Germany, Germany, meat cutter, meal market
Gohrke, Henry, boarder, male, white, 49, married once 28 years, Germany, Germany, Germany, 1882 [year of immigration], Na [naturalized], butcher, own shop1920 - T625_1495, Pacific Precinct, Newport City, Lincoln, OR, ED 276, line 43, page 145A (2A), 21 & 22 Jan 1920
[Ancestry.com, image 3 of 10]
Address: 47 Sixth Street
Payne, Louis H, head, male, white, 61, married, PA, Amer Cit US, Amer Cit US, retail merchant, groceries
Payne, Marie, wife, female, white, 59, married, Un [year of immigration not given], Na [naturalized], Denmark, Denmark, Denmark1930 - Roll: 1944, Newport Precinct, 3-Wd Newport City, Lincoln, OR, ED 20, line 28, page 157A (2A), 12 Apr 1930
[Ancestry.com, image 3 of 15]
Address: 129 Sixth Street
Payne, Lewis H, head, own home, value $3000, male, white, 70, married, first married age 48, PA, NY, NY, bank pres, bank
Payne, Marie, wife, female, white, 70, married, first married age 20, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, 1881 [year of immigration], Na [naturalized]